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KMID : 0368120120420020122
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Korean Circulation Journal
2012 Volume.42 No. 2 p.122 ~ p.124
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Percutaneous Retrieval of an Embolized Central Venous Chemoport in a Patient With Colon Cancer
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Kim Jeong-Eun
Kim Mi-Kyoung
Shim Young-Kwang
Kim Jeong-Tae
Kim Sang-Min
Lee Sang-Yeub
Bae Jang-Whan
Hwang Kyung-Kuk
Kim Dong-Woon
Cho Myeong-Chan
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Abstract
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The central access device is commonly used as a route of chemotherapuetic agents in patients with malignant diseases for its convenient and safety for insertion. This report describes a case of 66-year-old man with colon cancer who suffered a rare complication in which a chemoport embolized into the inferior vena cava and it was successfully retrieved by a percutaneous approach using a goose neck snare.
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KEYWORD
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Catheters, Complications, Device removal
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