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We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with a double vascular catheter mimicking a false persistent left superior vena cava on a chest X-ray. Physicians should be aware of the correct course of these catheters in order to avoid serious clinical consequences.

Vascular catheter mimicking persistent left superior vena cava / D. Galetta, F. Petrella, A. Borri, R. Gasparri, L. Spaggiari. - In: THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEON. - ISSN 0171-6425. - 57:3(2009 Apr), pp. 185-6-186.

Vascular catheter mimicking persistent left superior vena cava

D. Galetta;F. Petrella;L. Spaggiari
2009

Abstract

We report the case of a 42-year-old woman with a double vascular catheter mimicking a false persistent left superior vena cava on a chest X-ray. Physicians should be aware of the correct course of these catheters in order to avoid serious clinical consequences.
Catheterization, Central Venous; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Vascular Malformations; Adult; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vena Cava, Superior; Female; Radiography, Thoracic; Catheters, Indwelling
Settore MED/21 - Chirurgia Toracica
apr-2009
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