Palmaz stent dislodgement into the left pulmonary artery complicating TIPS: percutaneous retrieval and extraction after venotomy.
A Palmaz stent had dislodged into the left pulmonary artery after TIPS. After transfemoral catheterization of the left pulmonary artery, the stent was retrieved into the right femoral vein employing an angioplastic balloon catheter and finally extracted after surgical venotomy.
Grosso
M
M
Institute of Radiology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy.
Spalluto
F
F
Muratore
P
P
Cristoferi
M
M
Veltri
A
A
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000601:surgery; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011170:Portasystemic Shunt, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011172:Portography; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D015607:Stents