Splenic Injury Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography - A Role for Angioembolization.

Divyansh AgarwalPhilicia MoonsamyCarlos Fernandez-Del Castillo

Published in: Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology (2022)

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.

Keyphrases

abdominal pain
ultrasound guided
case report
medical students
endoscopic submucosal dissection