Transvascular retrieval of an accidentally ejected tip occluder and wire.
Accidental ejection of a tip occluder and wire and subsequent damage of the angiographic catheter tip is described as well as retrieval of the wire. A complication of the final removal was intimal tear and thrombus formation close to the puncture site. Successful thrombectomy and vascular repair was performed. No other complication was encountered.
D000005:Abdomen; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans