Splenic Injury and ERCP: A Possible Risk for Patients with Advanced Chronic Pancreatitis

Splenic injury is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of endoscopy, with very few cases of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)-induced injury reported in the literature. Here we report a patient with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis who was diagnosed with a sub-capsu...

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Main Authors: Ryan R. Gaffney, Vishal Jain, Matthew T. Moyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2012-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Gastroenterology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/337499