title: Right atrial thrombus associated with subclavian catheter developed due to total parenteral nutrition application.
abstract: Central venous catheterization as a frequent routine clinical procedure may have significant complications. Mechanical complications may occur during catheter placement, whereas thromboembolic and infectious complications can be seen during follow-up. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) associated central venous catheterizations may result in early mechanical complications and thrombotic and infectious complications in the long term. This paper describes a patient diagnosed as mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy requiring long-term central venous catheterization for TPN implementation, who had an infected thrombus on the catheter tip resected by cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hanife Karakaya
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Kabukcu
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nursel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Basarici
authors.affiliation: Department of Heart Surgery, Akdeniz University Medical Faculty, Antalya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ozan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Erbasan
keywords: catheter; mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy; thrombus; total parenteral nutrition