title: Sonographic detection of a radiolucent object in dialysis vascular access.
abstract: Percutaneous endovascular angioplasty is a valuable tool to salvage dialysis vascular access failure, but is accident-prone if performed by unskilled operators. We report a case of vascular access failure caused by the plastic protective tube of a balloon catheter, which had been mistakenly left in the vasculature and was undetectable on radiography but was detected by ultrasonography.
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Masayuki
authors: M
authors: Tanemoto
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Higaki
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Keiko
authors: K
authors: Amano
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Daigo
authors: D
authors: Toyoki
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Shigeyuki
authors: S
authors: Arai
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Satoru
authors: S
authors: Tomioka
authors: Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine, Teikyo University School of Medicine, 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi, Tokyo, 173-8605, Japan.
authors: Shunya
authors: S
authors: Uchida
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D057785:Catheters; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: angioplasty; balloon catheter; ultrasonography; vascular access