Femoral placement of a totally implantable venous access port with spontaneous catheter fracture: case report

BACKGROUND: The incidence of catheter fracture after standard positioning of a totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) is reported to be 1.1%–5.0%; however, the incidence of catheter fracture after TIVAP implantation at a femoral site remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: In a 30-year-old man w...

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Autores principales: Kondo, Tomohiro, Matsumoto, Shigemi, Doi, Keitaro, Nomura, Motoo, Muto, Manabu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6966363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32027011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s42155-019-0094-9
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The incidence of catheter fracture after standard positioning of a totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) is reported to be 1.1%–5.0%; however, the incidence of catheter fracture after TIVAP implantation at a femoral site remains unclear. CASE PRESENTATION: In a 30-year-old man with angiosarcoma of the right atrium, tumor embolism was observed from the left brachiocephalic vein to the superior vena cava. A TIVAP was implanted in the right femur. A catheter fracture was spontaneously observed after 7 months. CONCLUSIONS: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of catheter fracture in a TIVAP implantation at a femoral site.

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