title: Splenic rupture following endoscopic polypectomy.
abstract: A 70-year-old man presented with two medium-sized colon polyps at the office of a gastroenterologist. After endoscopic polypectomy in a hospital, the patient was admitted to another hospital because of collapse and increasing abdominal pain. CT scan revealed hematoperitoneum and splenic subcapsular hematoma. Laparotomy with splenectomy was performed because of extended splenic rupture. The postoperative course was unremarkable except late wound dehiscence.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Innere I, St. Marien-Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany. wiedmann@marienkrankenhaus-berlin.de
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Wiedmann
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kater
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Böhm
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003111:Colonic Polyps / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013154:Spleen / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*