Abstract
A 69-year-old patient with a malignant right pleural effusion experienced an inadvertent chest tube insertion through the hepatic vein, which ended up in the right ventricle. This rare complication occurred using a 14-Fr Thal-Quick chest tube (Seldinger method). The chest tube was successfully removed in a non-operative approach.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Chest Tubes / adverse effects*
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Drainage / adverse effects*
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Embolization, Therapeutic
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Humans
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Intraoperative Complications* / diagnostic imaging
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Intraoperative Complications* / etiology
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Intraoperative Complications* / surgery
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Lung Neoplasms / surgery
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Male
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Pleural Effusion, Malignant / surgery
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Thoracostomy / adverse effects*