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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2012-03-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Gastroenterology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/337499 |