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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 135-137 |
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Endovascular retrieval of fractured chemoport at the superior vena cava-right atrial junction in 3 years old
Punit Pushkar Mahajan1, Krantikumar Rathod2
1 Department of Radiology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2 Department of Vascular Interventional Radiology, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Punit Pushkar Mahajan
Pratamesh Vaibhav Tower, Flat 303, Third Floor, Tagore Nagar, Vikhroli East, Mumbai - 400 083, Maharashtra
India
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DOI: 10.4103/wajr.wajr_38_18
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A 3-year-old female child, a case of lymphoid leukemia successfully completed her last cycle of chemotherapy. While retrieving the chemoport, the distal part of the port was fractured and migrated distally in the superior vena cava which was seen on the chest radiograph and later confirmed on computed tomography (scan). We present an interesting case where removal of such a fractured port segment was done in toto by means of endovascular intervention through the common femoral vein under fluoroscopy guidance.
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