Serendipitous detection of an errant central venous catheter.
The inappropriate placement of a patient's central venous catheter in the pleural space by the serendipitous injection of Tc-99m labeled red blood cells through the catheter during a GI bleeding study was discovered. Position and patency of central venous lines can be incidentally evaluated by using existing central venous catheters for administration of radiopharmaceuticals during radionuclide imaging studies.
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004912:Erythrocytes; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D010994:Pleura / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium
D013667:Technetium