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Postoperative x-ray after catheter implantation. The catheter tip is placed correctly in the superior caval vein.
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F1
Correct placement had been documented by x-ray of the chest immediately after the implantation (figure 1).
Injection of contrast medium via the port catheter. Paravasal and intrabronchial drainage of the applied contrast.
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F2
Further radiological diagnostics including injection of contrast medium into the catheter documented a dislocation of the catheter tip into the upper lobe of the right lung with paravasation into the bronchial system (figure 2).
CT scan showing the catheter tip in the right upper lobe of the lung and a large dorsobasal pleural effusion.
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F3
In addition, thoracic computerised tomographic (CT) scan showed a large pleural effusion in the right pleural cavity (figure 3).