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CC BY 4.0 · Aorta (Stamford) 2020; 08(05): 159-160
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1715466
Images in Aortic Disease

Accidental Puncture of a Dialysis Catheter into the Brachiocephalic Trunk

Mohamad Syafeeq Faeez Md Noh
1   Department of Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
2   Department of Radiology, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Teaching Hospital, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia
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Abstract

A 22-year-old male with underlying end-stage renal failure was referred to our center for a malpositioned dialysis catheter. Imaging showed the tip of the catheter to be placed in the brachiocephalic trunk; the patient was, however, asymptomatic. Surgical removal of the malpositioned catheter followed, with no postoperative complications.

Keywords

central venous cannulation - computed tomography angiography - imaging - vascular injury - sternotomy


Publication History

Received: 09 April 2019

Accepted: 20 June 2020

Article published online:
23 December 2020

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