Splenic Injury Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography – A Role for Angioembolization

Abstract

Teaching Point: Splenic injury is an uncommon complication after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), requiring a high degree of suspicion in a patient who develops abdominal pain and/or hypotension after ERCP; in the appropriately selected patient splenic angioembolization can be the first-line treatment option.

Keywords

• ercp
• splenic hematoma
• angioembolization
• jaundice