Prolonged catheterization. A rare cause of pulmonary atheroma.
At post-mortem examination of a 75-year-old man, a fragment of polyethylene catheter placed several years previously was discovered in the right pulmonary artery. It was embedded in a vessel wall and caused an atheromatous plaque, a rare complication in human pathology.
D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013997:Time Factors