Acute paraplegia caused by thromboembolism from an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm following colonoscopy
Acute paraplegia caused by thromboembolism from an infrarenal AAA following colonoscopy is extremely rare but potentially fatal. Awareness of this potential adverse event after colonoscopy is critical to avoid severe outcomes and improve patient prognoses.
Authors
- Il Soon Jung
Institutions
- Chungbuk National University (KR)
- Chungbuk National University Hospital (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000046995
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00