Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication

A 61-year-old male on anticoagulant therapy underwent an endoscopic multiple colon polypectomy in our Department according to established procedures. Several days later he developed an intramural colonic hematoma, which burst into the peritoneal cavity leading to fatal intra-peritoneal hemorrhage. H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Voudoukis, Evangelos, Spiridakis, Konstantinos G., Karmiris, Konstantinos, Georgiou, Georgios, Kontopodis, Nikolaos, Konstantinidis, Konstantinos, Psilakis, Konstantinos, Miliadis, Odysseas, Tribonias, Georgios, Paspatis, Gregorios A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714100
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Sumario:A 61-year-old male on anticoagulant therapy underwent an endoscopic multiple colon polypectomy in our Department according to established procedures. Several days later he developed an intramural colonic hematoma, which burst into the peritoneal cavity leading to fatal intra-peritoneal hemorrhage. Herein we present the case and discuss the causative role of the anticoagulant therapy but also of the endoscopic procedure per se.

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