Case Reports in Emergency Medicine (Jan 2018)

Iatrogenic Splenic Laceration Presenting as Syncope

  • Dhanalakshmi Thiyagarajan,
  • Rebecca Jeanmonod

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7639527
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2018

Abstract

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Millions of colonoscopies are performed annually for routine health maintenance in the United States. Patients commonly have adverse events from colonoscopy preparation, anesthesia, and procedural complications. We report a case of syncope secondary to iatrogenic splenic laceration from colonoscopy.