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(a) The a.p. chest X-ray shows the catheter tip (black arrow) at the left margin of the mediastinum. (b) depicts a CT of the thorax. The catheter tip is marked in white. *left brachiocephalic vein.
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The a.p. chest X-ray showed an atypical position of the catheter tip at the left margin of the mediastinum (Figure 1(a)). It was placed outside the large vessels (Figure 1(b)).
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The a.p. chest X-ray shows the port catheter in the left-sided superior vena cava (black arrows).
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The postoperative examination showed an atypical position of the catheter tip at the left margin of the mediastinum (Figure 2).
CT of the thorax, including coronal and axial cuts. In picture (a), white arrows show the passage of the PLSSVC while in picture (b) the ending in the coronary sinus is depicted.
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A reevaluation of a past CT scan of the chest showed the catheter in a PLSSVC (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)).