Radiographic detection of plastic catheter embolus.
Embolization of portions of a plastic intravenous catheter is not a rare occurrence. When plain films do not serve to determine the location of the migrant tubing, special venographic and cardiopulmonary angiographic studies are helpful.
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D004617:Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010690:Phlebography