title: Catheter fracture and cardiac migration: a rare complication of totally implantable venous devices.
abstract: Totally implantable venous device (TIVD) are widely used for the treatment of patients requiring long-term chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition and fluid replacement. Until today, many kinds of complications have been reported in the literature. We report an unusual case of catheter fracture as a consequence of pinchoff syndrome, and discuss the potential methods to avoid this complication and its evolution.
authors.affiliation: I Clinica Chirurgica, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy. dicarlo@tau.it
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: di Carlo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fisichella
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Russello
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puleo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Latteri
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006321:Heart; D006801:Humans; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000295:instrumentation; D011859:Radiography