Pulmonary Artery Pseudoaneurysm After a Vascular Access Port Catheter Implantation
Annals of Thoracic Surgery, cilt.87, sa.1, ss.295-297, 2009 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 87 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2009
- Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.05.061
- Dergi Adı: Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.295-297
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysm is an unusual complication of surgically implantable central venous port catheters. We experienced a case of a 57-year-old man with gastric malignancy, in which a port catheter had been previously implanted for chemotherapy. Because of a puncture site that was also medial for the subclavian vein, the catheter tip fractured between the first rib and the clavicle, and embolized in the left pulmonary artery, which caused a 5 × 4 cm pseudoaneurysm that mandated surgical resection with a lobectomy. The diagnostic work-up and a review of the literature are presented. © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.