Dislodged caval stent in right pulmonary artery.
Percutaneous intervention for central vein occlusion is getting popular. Self-expandable stent is user-friendly in this field, however, jump-out displacement may happen. An 82-year-old woman with end-stage renal disease and central vein occlusion underwent central vein stenting. Dislodgement of the self-expandable stent was encountered. Migration into right ventricle and subsequently right pulmonary artery was noted. Chest films of this rare condition were reported.
Chiu
Kuan-Ming
KM
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Ban-Ciao, Taiwan.
Chu
Shu-Hsun
SH
Chan
Chih-Yang
CY
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D015607:Stents; D013479:Superior Vena Cava Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*