Successful Retrieval of a Dismembered Central Venous Catheter Stuck to the Right Pulmonary Artery Using a Stepwise Approach

Figure 1

(a) Chest radiographs showing catheter dislodgement due to catheter pinch-off syndrome. Alphabets indicate the slice level of computed tomography. White arrowheads indicate the dislodged catheter and the residual part of the implanted central venous port. (b) Computed tomography images. The dislodged catheter is stuck to the upper and lower pulmonary artery branches.

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