"Spontaneous" catheter fracture and embolization of a totally implanted venous access port
Van der Hem, K.G.; Meijer, S.; Werter, C.J.; van Groeningen, C.J.
Netherlands Journal of Medicine 38(5-6): 262-264
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-2977 PMID: 1922600 Document Number: 367810
A case of "spontaneous" fracture of the catheter of a totally implanted venous access device is reported. The distal part of the catheter migrated into a pulmonary artery branch and could not be retrieved. The cause and consequences of this rare complication are discussed. It is emphasized that the integrity of a totally implanted venous access device should be ascertained before cytostatic agents are administered.
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