Dual energy computed tomography angiography of a pulmonary embolized port catheter fragment.

Thomas Henzler, Steffen Diehl, Susanne Jochum, Tim Sueselbeck, Stefan O Schoenberg, Christian Fink

Department of Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center Mannheim, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Journal Article: Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine (impact factor: 0.71). 01/2011; 12(1):62-3. DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328332e975

Abstract

We present the case of a 64-year-old woman with a history of breast cancer who underwent explantation of a dysfunctional intravenous port system. At surgery a broken port catheter was found. A port catheter fragment embolized into the segmental artery of the posterobasal segment of the right inferior lobe, causing a wedge-shaped segmental perfusion defect in the corresponding segment. The catheter was removed by catheter intervention with a goose-neck snare.

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Keywords

breast cancer
 
broken port catheter
 
dysfunctional intravenous port system
 
goose-neck snare
 
inferior lobe
 
port catheter fragment embolized
 
segmental artery