Catheter Fracture and Embolization Related to an Arm Venous Port
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Catheter Fracture and Embolization Related to an Arm Venous Port
This 55-year-old female had a chest X-ray during a follow-up visit for the management of her breast cancer. The chest X-ray demonstrated an embolized venous catheter superimposed upon the mediastinum. It was determined that the catheter of the patient's arm port had fractured and embolized to the pulmonary circulation. The catheter was retrieved, in the interventional radiology suite, under flu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Radiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2090-6862,2090-6870
DOI: 10.1155/2011/763284