Bac, Simon and Bac, Dirk Jan (2017) The Development of a Liver Abscess after Screening Colonoscopy: A Calculated Risk? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 4 (7). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
We present the case of a patient who developed a liver abscess following screening colonoscopy. A colorectal screening program was introduced in the Netherlands in 2014 in order to reduce mortality from colorectal cancer. The patient in this report, a 63-year-old man with no significant medical history, underwent polypectomy of two polyps. Four days afterwards he presented to our emergency department with fever, nausea and vomiting. He was diagnosed with a Klebsiella pneumoniae liver abscess and was successfully treated with antibiotics for 6 weeks. This case highlights one of the risks of screening colonoscopy. Given the high number of colonoscopies due to the colorectal screening programs, we should be aware of complications in this mostly asymptomatic group of patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | (pyogenic) liver abscess, Klebsiella pneumoniae, colonoscopy, screening |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Nov 2017 16:21 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2017 16:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/16748 |
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