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A Rare Case of Port-a-Cath Migration into the Mediastinum.

B K Shah1, S Srijan Tandukar2, S Shrestha2, P Sanchirico2.   

Abstract

Port-a-cath is commonly used in patients who require frequent administration of intravenous medications. We describe a rare case of port-a-cath migration into the mediastinum 16 months after its insertion.

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Year:  2014        PMID： 25803390      PMCID： PMC4663955          DOI： 10.7727/wimj.2013.183

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  West Indian Med J        ISSN： 0043-3144            Impact factor:   0.171


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