Percutaneous Retrieval of an Embolized Central Venous Chemoport in a Patient With Colon Cancer

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...

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Autores principales: Kim, Jeong Eun, Kim, Mi Kyoung, Shim, Young Kwang, Kim, Jeong Tae, Kim, Sang Min, Lee, Sang Yeub, Bae, Jang-Whan, Hwang, Kyung-Kuk, Kim, Dong-Woon, Cho, Myeong-Chan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Cardiology 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22396701
http://dx.doi.org/10.4070/kcj.2012.42.2.122
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Sumario: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.

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