An unusual catheter malposition following totally implantable venous access port insertion: The catheter tip located into the right axillary vein

Ahmet Yüksel; Yusuf Velioğlu; Mustafa Enes Demirel; Erhan Renan Uçaroğlu

doi:10.28982/josam.594025

Authors

Ahmet Yüksel https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0021-6509
Yusuf Velioğlu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4709-4705
Mustafa Enes Demirel Department of Emergency Medicine, Düzce University, Faculty of Medicine, Düzce, Turkey https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5187-5737
Erhan Renan Uçaroğlu Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bolu Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28982/josam.594025

Keywords:

Totally implantable venous access port, Catheter malposition, Complication, Adverse event

Abstract

Totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) devices have been used increasingly for repetitive chemotherapy administration, long-term parenteral nutrition, blood sampling and blood transfusion for last years. Several potential complications including catheter malposition can occur during the insertion of TIVAP devices. Catheter malposition is a less commonly reported and an important complication of TIVAP insertion. In this article, we presented an uncommon case report of catheter malposition following TIVAP insertion in a 47-year-old woman. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of mispositioned TIVAP where the tip of the catheter is in the right axillary vein.

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