Abstract
The patient was a 42-year-old female with breast cancer who had an implantable central venous catheter inserted percutaneously into left subclavian vein for chemotherapy. The postinsertion chest x ray revealed that there was no compressive sigh of catheter. Three months after insertion of the catheter, the patient was admitted to the hospital for 4th chemotherapy. The port was accessed but blood could not be aspirated and the catheter could not be flushed. A chest x ray revealed that the catheter was completely transected at the point where the catheter passed under the clavicle. Percutaneous removal of the distal fragment of the catheter was accomplished. The patient was discharged after successful removal of fragment of catheter.
42세 여자 환자로 유방암으로 인한 항암치료를 위해 왼쪽 쇄골하정맥으로 완전 거치형 정맥도관(totally implantable venous catheter)을 삽입하였다. 삽입 직후 단순 흉부 방사선 사진상 도관에는 특이 소견이 없었다. 환자는 3개월 후 4번째 항암치료를 위해 입원하였으나 도관을 통해 피가 역류되지도 않고 주입되지도 않았다. 단순 흉부 방사선 사진상 도관이 쇄골 밑을 지나는 부위에서 완전 절단되어 있었다. 경피적 방법으로 도관의 원위부위를 성공적으로 제거한 후 환자는 퇴원하였다.
