title: Totally implantable arterial device (TIAD): a questionable complication.
abstract: The authors report a complication of a totally implantable arterial device in a patient in which the device was inserted to prevent recurrence of hepatic metastasis. After intrahepatic chemotherapy, during the nursing of the totally implantable arterial device, the patient developed a mass close to the duodenal loop that disappeared seven months later. The spontaneous decrease of this mass suggests the hypothesis of a hematoma due to a rupture of a pseudoaneurysm of a small collateral artery.
authors.affiliation: First Surgical Clinic, University of Catania, Catania, Italy. idicarlo@mbox.unict.it
authors.forename: Isidoro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Di Carlo
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li Destri
authors.forename: Rosario
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lombardo
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puleo
mesh_terms: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply*; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015918:Infusion Pumps, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007261:Infusions, Intra-Arterial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013270:Stomach / Q000098:blood supply*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000964:Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic; D005467:Floxuridine