Delayed Presentation of Splenic Rupture After Endoscopy in a Patient With Hemophilia A: Case Report and Review of the Literature

ACG Case Rep J. 2014 Jul 8;1(4):175-7. doi: 10.14309/crj.2014.43. eCollection 2014 Jul.

Abstract

An 88-year-old female presented with dyspnea on exertion and severe anemia. Colonoscopy was unremarkable and the patient was transfused with packed red blood cells prior to discharge. The patient returned 2 weeks later with severe abdominal pain, hypotension, and anemia. Computed tomography revealed splenic hematoma and hemoperitoneum. She bled from the surgical sites during emergent splenectomy and work-up revealed hemophilia A. We present, to our knowledge, a case of the longest reported delay in presentation of post-colonoscopy splenic rupture and the first in a patient with hemophilia A.

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