Percutaneous Retrieval Of A Venous Port Catheter Embolizing To Pulmonary Artery With A Snare Loop Catheter; A Case Report And Review Of The Literature

摘要

Subcutaneous port catheter systems are widely used with increasing frequency in patients requiring long-term or intermittant infusion therapy. Usage of port systems for a wide variety of indications also leads to well-documented wide spectrum of complications that can be potentially serious. Venous catheter dislodgement and migration is one of the rare complications of venous port implantation, however once diagnosed it must be removal of the catheter is indicated. Percutaneous approach for removal is considered a gold standard treatment because it is a minimally invasive, relatively simple, safe procedure, with low complication rates compared to conventional surgical treatment. In this report we present a 2-year-old girl who had a port catheter implanted because of recurrent intractable seizures and subsequently dislodgement and embolizing of entire catheter, which was removed with a snare-loop catheter via transvenous approach.