Injury resulting from colonoscopy is rare. Bleeding and perforation are the most serious complications. The case history is described of a patient who developed splenic rupture following screening colonoscopy with associated polypectomy.
I offer my recent observation on a new technique for following the passage of a coin through the digestive tract. Several months ago I was called by a distraught mother who informed me that her 7-year-old daughter had just swallowed a quarter. X-ray did reveal the coin located in the stomach. I reassured the family informing them that it would pass through in the next few days. After about two weeks of stool gazing and nonpassage the child was x-rayed again, and to my dismay I noted that the coin had not budged and less reassuringly sent them home to await passage of the pesky coin.
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