Dual energy computed tomography angiography of a pulmonary embolized port catheter fragment.
We present the case of a 64-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer who underwent explantation of a dysfunctional intravenous port system. At surgery a broken port catheter was found. A port catheter fragment embolized into the segmental artery of the posterobasal segment of the right inferior lobe, causing a wedge-shaped segmental perfusion defect in the corresponding segment. The catheter was removed by catheter intervention with a goose-neck snare.
Henzler
Thomas
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Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. Thomas.Henzler@umm.de
Diehl
Steffen
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Jochum
Susanne
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Sueselbeck
Tim
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Schoenberg
Stefan O
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Fink
Christian
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D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed