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Arterial Switch Operation* ; Arteries* ; Catheter Ablation* ; Catheters* ; Double Outlet Right Ventricle* ; Humans ; Tachycardia, Ventricular*

The peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) is used frequently in preterm infants. The known complications associated with the PICC include infection, thrombosis, extravasation, phlebitis, leakage of insertion site, fracture, accidental removal, occlusion of the PICC, and arrhythmia. We herein report a case of a spontaneously fractured PICC remnant that was successfully removed by cardiac catheterization.
Arrhythmias, Cardiac ; Cardiac Catheterization* ; Cardiac Catheters* ; Catheters* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn ; Infant, Premature* ; Phlebitis ; Thrombosis

OBJECTIVE: This study is designed to elucidate the requirements for angiographic evaluation and the selection of appropriate therapeutic approaches in patients who had strongly suggestive traumatic carotid arterial lesions. METHODS: Ten cases of traumatic internal carotid arterial lesions were analysed in this study. Injury mechanisms, neurological status, computed tomography scans, pre-and postoperative angiograms, and methods and results of the treatment were included. RESULTS: Of 10 cases, carotid-cavernous fistula(CCF) alone in three, CCF with intracranial pseudoaneurysms in three, pseudoaneurysm with dissection in one, extracranial internal carotid artery thrombosis in one, extracranial pseudoaneurysm in one, and the remaining one had all of the CCF, intracranial pseudoaneurysm and dissection. Seven of these 10 cases had sphenoid sinus wall fractures and six had subarachnoid hemorrhage. Six cases were treated with endovascular techniques, and four with direct parent artery occlusion and bypass surgery. No postoperative morbidity or additional permanent neurological deficits occurred except one patient who suffered from reperfusion hemorrhage after bypass surgery. CONCLUSION: Head trauma patients with facial bone fractures and thick subarachnoid hemorrhage should be evaluated for the development of traumatic injuries to the carotid artery as soon as possible. Endovascular treatment to these lesions have come to play an increasing role. Patients with traumatic internal carotid artery lesions who do not tolerate test occlusion require extracranial to intracranial bypass surgery before occlusion.
Aneurysm, False ; Arteries ; Carotid Arteries ; Carotid Artery Thrombosis ; Carotid Artery, Internal ; Craniocerebral Trauma ; Endovascular Procedures ; Facial Bones ; Hemorrhage ; Humans ; Parents ; Reperfusion ; Sphenoid Sinus ; Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Riedel's thyroiditis is an extremely rare disease that is difficult to diagnose correctly using preoperative diagnostic tools because it can mimic malignant neoplasm or the fibrous variant of Hashimoto thyroiditis during preoperative physical, radiologic, and pathologic examination. We describe here a rare case of Riedel's thyroiditis in an elderly patient and its radiologic characteristics.
Aged ; Hashimoto Disease ; Humans ; Hydrazines ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Positron-Emission Tomography ; Rare Diseases ; Thyroid Gland ; Thyroiditis ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed