Splenic Injury Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography - A Role for Angioembolization

Divyansh Agarwal; Philicia Moonsamy; Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo

doi:10.5334/jbsr.2843

Splenic Injury Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography - A Role for Angioembolization

J Belg Soc Radiol. 2022 Aug 11;106(1):74. doi: 10.5334/jbsr.2843. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Divyansh Agarwal¹, Philicia Moonsamy¹, Carlos Fernandez-Del Castillo²

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts General Hospital, US.
² Harvard Medical School, US.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: ERCP; Splenic hematoma; angioembolization; jaundice.

Publication types

Case Reports