Intrapulmonary intra-arterial malposition of a port catheter-an exceptionally rare complication.

Wien Med WochenschrNov 12, 2025 (epub)
Case ReportCardiothoracic SurgeryRadiology (Diagnostic)Open access

Anton Busau, Edin Ahmic, Paul Swatek et al.

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Case in brief

A 66-year-old woman was admitted with a malpositioned port catheter. CT showed that the catheter lay within an apical segmental artery in the right upper lobe. The port-a-catheter was urgently removed without complication, and she was discharged on the fourth postoperative day.

What made this case unusual

The catheter had entered an intrapulmonary artery, an unusual and potentially life-threatening malposition.

Diagnostic / clinical pearl

Radiological imaging during and after port implantation can help identify catheter malposition and other perioperative complications promptly.

Source

PubMed · PMID 41222867Free full text on PubMed Central

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