title: Lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis after upper-extremity port catheter placement: an unusual complication.
abstract: We describe the case of a woman with breast carcinoma who experienced deep venous thrombosis of the right lower extremity after placement of a double-lumen central venous chemotherapy port catheter in the left upper extremity. Color Doppler sonography revealed a linear tubular structure within the right common femoral vein and sonographic features of thrombosis, suggesting deep venous thrombosis secondary to displacement of the port catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Kocamustafapasa, 34300 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mihmanli
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cantasdemir
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kantarci
authors.forename: Nil Molinas
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Mandel
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cokyuksel
mesh_terms: D001132:Arm; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D007866:Leg; D008875:Middle Aged; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*