CASE REPORT: Pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax complicating colonoscopy

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 789-792

  Tam, William C E ^a   Pollard, Ian ^b   Johnson, Richard D ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MODBURY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Pneumomediastinum; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON CANCER; COLON PERFORATION; COLONOSCOPY; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029900898     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.1996.tb00334.x     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Schwesinger WH, Levine BA, Ramos R. Complications in colonoscopy. Surg. Gynecol. Obstet. 1979; 148: 270-81.
2. Macrae FA, Tan KG, Williams CB. Towards safer colonoscopy: A report on the complications of 5000 diagnostic or therapeutic colonoscopies. Gut 1983; 24: 376-83.
3. Sugarbaker PH, Vineyard GC. Fibreoptic colonoscopy: A new look at old problems. Am. J. Surg. 1973; 125: 429-31.
4. Meyers MA, Ghahremani GG. Complications of fibreoptic endoscopy. Radiology 1975; 115: 301-7.
5. Loggan M, Moeller DD. Delayed perforation of the cecum after diagnostic biopsy. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1984; 79: 933-4.
6. Bakker J, Kersen FV, Bellaar Spruyt J. Pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum after polypectomy. Endoscopy 1991; 23: 46-7.
7. Hunt RH. Towards safer colonoscopy. Gut 1983; 24: 371-5.
8. Ecker MD, Goldstein M, Hoexter B, Hyman RA, Naidich JB, Stein HL. Benign pneumoperitoneum after fibreoptic colonoscopies. A prospective study of 100 patients. Gastroenterology 1977; 73: 226-30.
9. Humphreys F, Hewetson KA, Dellipianni AW. Massive subcutaneous emphysema following colonoscopy. Endoscopy 1984; 16: 160-1.
10. Amshel AL, Shonberg IL, Gopal KA. Retroperitoneal and mediastinal emphysema as a complication of colonoscopy. Dis. Colon Rectum 1982; 25: 167-8.
11. Schmidt G, Borsch G, Wegener M. Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax complicating diagnostic colonoscopy. Dis. Colon Rectum 1986; 29: 136 8.
12. Lezak MB, Goldhammer M. Retroperitoneal emphysema after colonoscopy. Gastroenterology 1974; 66: 118-20.
13. Thomas JH, Pierce GE, MacArthur RI. Bilateral pneumothoraces secondary to colonic endoscopy. J. Natl Med. Assoc. 1979; 71: 701-2.
14. Meyers DS. Colonoscopy. N. Engl. J. Med. 1973; 288: 974 (Letter to the Editor).
15. Williams CB, Lane RH, Sakai Y. Colonoscopy: An air-pressure hazard. Lancet 1973; 2: 729.
16. Brayko CM, Kozarek RA, Sanowski RA, Howells T. Diverticular rupture during colonoscopy: Fact or fantasy? Dig. Dis. Sci. 1984; 29: 427-31.
17. Painter NS, Truelove SC. The intraluminal pressure patterns in diverticulosis of the colon. Gut 1964; 5: 201-7.
18. Ghazi A, Grossman M. Complications of colonoscopy and polypectomy. Surg. Clin. North Am. 1982; 62: 889-96.
19. Kavin H, Sinicrope F, Esker AH. Management of perforation of the colon at colonoscopy. Am. J. Gastroenterol. 1992; 87: 161-7.
20. Waye JD, Lewis BS, Yessayan S. Colonoscopy: A prospective report of complications. J. Clin. Gastroenterol. 1992; 15: 347-51.
21. Crofton J, Douglas A. Pneumothorax and mediastinal emphysema. In: Respiratory Diseases, 3rd edn. Blackwell Science, Bath. 1981; Ch. 31.
22. Overholt BF, Hargrove RL, Farris RK, Wilson BM. Colonoscopic polypectomy: Silent perforation. Gastroenterology 1976; 70: 112-13.