title: Splenic decapsulation after gastroscopy.
abstract: Sanguineous splenic complications in elective treatment procedures remain a potentially life-threatening complication in patients of all age groups. In this case, the patient, as per her past medical history, underwent a laparoscopic appendectomy when she was admitted to the clinic. One of the diagnostic procedures to find the reason for the epigastric pain, a gastroscopy, can retrospectively be held responsible for decapsulation of the spleen.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, LKH Bruck/Mur, Tragösserstraße 1, 8600, Bruck/Mur, Austria.
authors.forename: Ismael
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Fuchs
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schrittwieser
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tauss
authors.forename: Florian M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Kovar
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005773:Gastroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013161:Splenic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013526:Surgical Mesh; D016896:Treatment Outcome