ArticleRadiology case reports2022
Percutaneous endovascular removal of a broken port-a-catheter from right atrium using manual made snare.
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- Identification and Removal of a Fractured Portacath.Case reports in radiology · 2026Article
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- Endovascular removal of intra-cardiac fractured port catheters due to pinch off syndrome: Report of 3 cases.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- The sandwich technique used for retrieving embolized catheter fragment dislodged in the pulmonary artery.Journal of thoracic disease · 2025Article
- Port Catheter Fracture: A Silent Intrusion into the Right Ventricle.Journal of community hospital internal medicine perspectives · 2024Article
- Percutaneous snare-retrieval of intracardiac thrombus under fluoroscopic and transesophageal echocardiography guidance: case report and systematic review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
Fracture and migration of port-a-catheter, following long term access into the central venous vasculature is a rare clinical scenario. The consequences of fracture and migration includes fragmented device relocating into the right atrium or ventricle, eventually causing life threatening complications such as arrhythmias, pseudoaneurysms, perforations or very rarely embolization. We report a case of a 67-year-old female with a broken port-a-catheter which had been placed initially for chemotherapy for bilateral breast cancer. Chest radiograph showed the fragmented catheter had migrated to the right atrium; which was successfully removed via percutaneous radiological endovascular intervention. No immediate post procedure complication was noted.
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