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Vertebral vein migration of a long-term central venous access catheter: a cause of brachial plexopathy.

Abstract
We report a patient whose central venous catheter tip had migrated into the vertebral vein. Infusion of chemotherapy agents for cancer through this catheter resulted in brachial plexopathy.
AuthorsC B Winston, R J Wechsler, M Kane
JournalJournal of thoracic imaging (J Thorac Imaging) Vol. 9 Issue 2 Pg. 98-100 ( 1994) ISSN: 0883-5993 [Print] United States
PMID8207788 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Topics
  • Adult
  • Brachial Plexus (diagnostic imaging)
  • Catheterization, Central Venous (adverse effects)
  • Catheters, Indwelling (adverse effects)
  • Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration (complications, diagnostic imaging)
  • Humans
  • Paresthesia (etiology)
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

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