Percutaneous Retrieval of an Embolized Central Venous Chemoport in a Patient With Colon Cancer.
10.4070/kcj.2012.42.2.122
- Author:
Jeong Eun KIM
1
;
Mi Kyoung KIM
;
Young Kwang SHIM
;
Jeong Tae KIM
;
Sang Min KIM
;
Sang Yeub LEE
;
Jang Whan BAE
;
Kyung Kuk HWANG
;
Dong Woon KIM
;
Myeong Chan CHO
Author Information
1. Regional Cardiovascular Disease Center, Chungbuk National University Hospital, Cheongju, Korea. drcorazon@hanmail.net
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Catheters;
Complications;
Device removal
- MeSH:
Aged;
Catheters;
Colon;
Colonic Neoplasms;
Device Removal;
Humans;
Neck;
SNARE Proteins;
Vena Cava, Inferior
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2012;42(2):122-124
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The central access device is commonly used as a route of chemotherapuetic agents in patients with malignant diseases for its convenient and safety for insertion. This report describes a case of 66-year-old man with colon cancer who suffered a rare complication in which a chemoport embolized into the inferior vena cava and it was successfully retrieved by a percutaneous approach using a goose neck snare.
