Percutaneous Retrieval of an Embolized Central Venous Chemoport in a Patient With Colon Cancer
Korean Circulation Journal
; : 122-124, 2012.
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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.
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Main subject:
Vena Cava, Inferior
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Colon
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Colonic Neoplasms
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Device Removal
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SNARE Proteins
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Catheters
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Neck
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Aged
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Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Korean Circulation Journal
Year:
2012
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Article