title: Colonoscopic blunt splenic injury: a rare but an important complication.
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Service, Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.|Interventional Neuroradiology Service, Department of Radiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.|School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asadi
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Service, Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Service, Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Interventional Radiology Service, Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dowling
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D020685:Colonoscopes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D022125:Lacerations / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy