title: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava in Hematological Malignancy Requiring Central Venous Catheter Insertion for Intensive Chemotherapy.
abstract: Persistent left superior vena cava is a congenital vascular anomaly, which is possibly arrhythmogenic and thrombogenic, rarely complicated with coronary sinus atresia. We treated a 42-year-old male with Hodgkin's lymphoma requiring central venous catheter placement for intensive chemotherapy. Persistent left superior vena cava was revealed after the insertion of the central venous catheter by the radiological finding of the catheter tip cannulated into the vena cava cavity. The relationship between coronary sinus atresia and persistent left superior vena cava induced by central venous catheterization remains unclear; however, the hematologist should pay attention to the malpositioning of the central venous catheter.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Imataki
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hamasaki
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Maki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oku
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun-Ichiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kida
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Makiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.affiliation: Nursing Division, Kagawa University Hospital, Kagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Harumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuka
keywords: Central venous catheter; Chemotherapy; Coronary sinus atresia; Hematological malignancy; Persistent left superior vena cava