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

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2011 Jan;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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
  • Coronary Angiography*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis Failure*
  • Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Artery / pathology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Pulmonary Embolism / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*