SNARING A MIGRATED PORT-A-CATH FROM THE HEART IN A CHILD: A CASE REPORT
ALAA M. ROSHDY
Department of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
AMR M. MOHAMED
Department of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
MOHAMED S. HAFEZ
Department of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
DINA A. EZZ ELDIN *
Department of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Egypt
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Migration of central venous catheters into the heart is a rare complication, we present a case of Port-A-cath migration and looping in the right sided chambers where both ends were trapped in the hepatic vein, the catheter was looped in the pulmonary artery, the dislodgment of the catheter was confirmed by chest X ray then it was percutanously retrieved using pig tail catheter and goose neck snare.
Keywords: Porta-A-cath migration, central venous catheters, snare