Port-a-cath embolisation to pulmonary artery.
Intravascular embolisation of catheter, a relatively uncommon event associated with the use of totally implanted port devices, can have serious cardiovascular, pulmonary and septic complications with an overall mortality of 1.8%. Here, the authors report an asymptomatic patient with pulmonary artery catheter embolisation diagnosed incidentally in a positron emission tomography scan who underwent successful percutaneous extraction of the catheter in an attempt to avoid the possible dreadful complications.
Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York, USA. vrbhatta@gmail.com
Vijaya Raj
VR
Bhatt
Shilpi
S
Gupta
Joseph
J
Lowry
Meekoo
M
Dhar
D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004617:Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011651:Pulmonary Artery