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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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Autores principales: Voudoukis, Evangelos, Spiridakis, Konstantinos G., Karmiris, Konstantinos, Georgiou, Georgios, Kontopodis, Nikolaos, Konstantinidis, Konstantinos, Psilakis, Konstantinos, Miliadis, Odysseas, Tribonias, Georgios, Paspatis, Gregorios A.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714100
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author Voudoukis, Evangelos
Spiridakis, Konstantinos G.
Karmiris, Konstantinos
Georgiou, Georgios
Kontopodis, Nikolaos
Konstantinidis, Konstantinos
Psilakis, Konstantinos
Miliadis, Odysseas
Tribonias, Georgios
Paspatis, Gregorios A.
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Spiridakis, Konstantinos G.
Karmiris, Konstantinos
Georgiou, Georgios
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Konstantinidis, Konstantinos
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description 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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spelling pubmed-39593652014-04-07 Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication Voudoukis, Evangelos Spiridakis, Konstantinos G. Karmiris, Konstantinos Georgiou, Georgios Kontopodis, Nikolaos Konstantinidis, Konstantinos Psilakis, Konstantinos Miliadis, Odysseas Tribonias, Georgios Paspatis, Gregorios A. Ann Gastroenterol Case Report 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. Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3959365/ /pubmed/24714100 Text en Copyright: © Hellenic Society of Gastroenterology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Voudoukis, Evangelos
Spiridakis, Konstantinos G.
Karmiris, Konstantinos
Georgiou, Georgios
Kontopodis, Nikolaos
Konstantinidis, Konstantinos
Psilakis, Konstantinos
Miliadis, Odysseas
Tribonias, Georgios
Paspatis, Gregorios A.
Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
title Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
title_full Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
title_fullStr Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
title_full_unstemmed Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
title_short Intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
title_sort intramural hematoma of the ascending colon leading to intraperitoneal hemorrhage: a possible post-polypectomy complication
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24714100
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