Right hemidiaphragm paralysis as a rare complication of a central venous port catheter insertion
Torres, B.; Sotomayor, L.; Sanchez-Cazau, D.; Vazquez-Torres, O.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 99(1): 31-37
2007
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 17616043 Document Number: 702590
Central Venous Port Catheters are increasingly used in critically ill patients for intravenous treatments and nutrition, and lately, a main focus of oncology patients receiving chemotherapy. Besides all advantages they have also added a new set of challenges. In this case report we describe the acute presentation of a right hemidiaphragm paralysis in an oncology patient with recurrent breast ductal carcinoma as an immediate rare complication of a right subclavian vein catheterization and port insertion.