Percutaneous endovascular removal of intracardiac migrated port A catheter in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Braz J Anesthesiol. 2014 Jul-Aug;64(4):275-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bjane.2012.11.001. Epub 2013 Oct 16.

Abstract

A 2-year-old boy with acute lymphoblastic leukemia was presented with peripherally inserted central catheter dysfunction. Radiological examinations revealed a catheter remnant in the right atrium extending into pulmonary vein. The catheter remnant was successfully removed from the right atrium by percutaneous endovascular intervention without any complications.

Keywords: Cardiac; Cardíaco; Cateter; Catheter; Migration; Migração; Percutaneous; Percutâneo.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Central Venous Catheters / adverse effects*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Device Removal / methods*
  • Endovascular Procedures / methods*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery*
  • Heart Atria
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Veins