Spontaneous Intravenous Catheter Fracture and Embolization from an Implanted Venous Access Port and Analysis by Scanning Electron Microscopy.
Publication/Presentation Date
7-15-1987
Abstract
A spontaneous fracture occurred in the midportion of a catheter that was indwelling in the left subclavian vein and embolized to the pulmonary artery. Scanning electron microscopy studies were performed upon the fractured catheter. Possible reasons for the fracture are discussed. Sudden chest pain in a patient with an implanted catheter may be the first clinical manifestation of an embolized catheter.
Volume
60
Issue
2
First Page
270
Last Page
273
ISSN
0008-543X
Published In/Presented At
Prager, D., & Hertzberg, R. W. (1987). Spontaneous intravenous catheter fracture and embolization from an implanted venous access port and analysis by scanning electron microscopy. Cancer, 60(2), 270-273.
Disciplines
Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
3594363
LVHN link
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Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Division, Department of Medicine Faculty
Document Type
Article