Catheter fracture and cardiac migration: a rare complication of totally implantable venous devices

J Surg Oncol. 2000 Mar;73(3):172-3. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9098(200003)73:3<172::aid-jso11>3.0.co;2-z.

Abstract

Totally implantable venous device (TIVD) are widely used for the treatment of patients requiring long-term chemotherapy, total parenteral nutrition and fluid replacement. Until today, many kinds of complications have been reported in the literature. We report an unusual case of catheter fracture as a consequence of pinchoff syndrome, and discuss the potential methods to avoid this complication and its evolution.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Breast Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / adverse effects
  • Catheterization, Central Venous / instrumentation*
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects*
  • Equipment Failure
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Heart*
  • Humans
  • Parenteral Nutrition, Total / instrumentation
  • Radiography