[Difficult catheterization].
We report a case of a spontaneously ruptured implantable-chamber catheter which migrated to the right atrium. Removal by interventional radiology techniques is the treatment of choice for this type of complication.
Leleu
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Service des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées Percy, Clamart.
Simon
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Montaigut
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Vaylet
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L'Her
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D000368:Aged; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
Un cathéter bien capricieux.