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ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2019

Computed tomography colonography: a new threat to the spleen?

R Sehgal, T Whitehead-Clarke, V Tudyka, S Evans

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Article in Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R SehgalDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Kingston upon Thames , UK.
T Whitehead-ClarkeDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Kingston upon Thames , UK.
V TudykaDepartment of Emergency Surgery, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Kingston upon Thames , UK.
S EvansRadiology Department, Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Kingston upon Thames , UK.
Kingston Hospital · GB

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a rare and previously undocumented potential complication of computed tomography (CT) colonography. CT colonography is a commonly performed investigation with a relatively low risk of complications. While splenic injury is a well-documented complication after colonoscopy, it has never been reported following CT colonography. A 64-year-old man presented with severe abdominal pain four hours after CT colonography. CT of his abdomen and pelvis revealed appearances consistent with intra-abdominal bleeding secondary to splenic injury. The patient immediately underwent an emergency laparotomy and splenectomy, revealing a grade III splenic capsular tear. Histological evaluation of splenic tissue showed normal morphology with no evidence of malignancy. While the aetiology of the patient's splenic injury remains uncertain, normal histopathology and the chronology of events represents an almost certain link to CT colonography.

Indexed as

Abdominal PainColonColonography, Computed TomographicHumansMaleMiddle AgedSpleenSplenectomyColonoscopyCT colonographyPneumocolonSpleenSplenectomy

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PMID30286660
PMCPMC6303807
OpenAlexW2894748341

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