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  • Title: [Pneumothorax following preventive colonoscopy].
    Author: Ring A, Usta S, Stern J.
    Journal: Chirurg; 2009 Dec; 80(12):1160-4. PubMed ID: 19190885.
    Abstract:
    Pneumothorax represents an extremely rare but serious and potentially life-threatening complication of colonoscopy. Here we report an unusual case of contralateral pneumothorax accompanying a perforation of the splenic flexure after preventive colonoscopy in a young outpatient.
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