Migration of a Greenfield filter to the pulmonary artery: a case report.
A case of Greenfield filter migration to the left pulmonary artery is presented and the pertinent literature reviewed. Technical points are made regarding the prevention and the management of proximal filter migration.
D000368:Aged; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior