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Case Reports
[Catheter embolisation into the pulmonary artery. Interventional therapy of a rare form of pulmonary embolism].
- S Steiner, A Schwalen, M P Heintzen, and B E Strauer.
- Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Klinik für Kardiologie, Pneumologie und Angiologie.
- Pneumologie. 2003 Jan 1; 57 (1): 19-21.
AbstractEmbolisation of a foreign body is a rare cause of pulmonary embolism. We report on a 67 year old female suffering from colorectal cancer. To perform adjuvant chemotherapy a port system was inserted into the right subclavian vein. Routine chest radiography revealed a rupture of the venous port-system, which was embolised into the right pulmonary artery without clinical symptoms. The foreign body was removed without complications using a nitinol goose neck snare via a transfemoral approach and retrieved percutaneously. The reported procedure is safe, decreases operation and hospitalisation time and should therefore be performed in preference to surgical management whenever possible.
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