title: Percutaneous retrieval of an embolized central venous chemoport in a patient with colon cancer.
abstract: The central access device is commonly used as a route of chemotherapuetic agents in patients with malignant diseases for its convenient and safety for insertion. This report describes a case of 66-year-old man with colon cancer who suffered a rare complication in which a chemoport embolized into the inferior vena cava and it was successfully retrieved by a percutaneous approach using a goose neck snare.
authors.affiliation: Regional Cardiovascular Disease Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Mi Kyoung
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Kwang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Jeong Tae
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Yeub
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jang-Whan
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Kyung-Kuk
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: Dong-Woon
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myeong-Chan
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Cho