Vertebral vein migration of a long-term central venous access catheter: a cause of brachial plexopathy.
We report a patient whose central venous catheter tip had migrated into the vertebral vein. Infusion of chemotherapy agents for cancer through this catheter resulted in brachial plexopathy.
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Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Wechsler
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Kane
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D000328:Adult; D001917:Brachial Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed