A Rare Case of Iatrogenic Splenic and Tail of Pancreas Injury by Thoracentesis: A Case Report

Karthikeyan Selvaraj¹, Venkateshwara Mahadevan Nageswaran², Kambala Prasanna Kumar³* and P Sasi Kumar^4
1Associate Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai
²Assistant Professor, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai
³Junior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai
⁴Professor, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: Kambala Prasanna Kumar, Junior Resident, Department of General Surgery, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, Chennai.

Published: June 20, 2023

DOI: 10.55162/MCMS.05.138

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Abstract  

Thoracentesis is an invasive procedure used for diagnostic and therapeutic purpose to remove air or fluid from the pleural space. Iatrogenic splenic injury occurs due to thoracentesis which is a rare complication. Spleen is the most commonly injured organ in blunt abdominal trauma. Spleen injury occurs most commonly due to road traffic accidents, blunt and penetrating injuries. Here we describe a case report of a 45years old male patient who was admitted in our hospital for which iatrogenic injury occurred in Spleen involving Tail of Pancreas due to left lung thoracentesis. So awareness is needed among health care professionals to avoid this complication.

Keywords: Iatrogenic Splenic Injury; Thoracentesis; Splenectomy