Rare cause of extravasation from implantable venous access device

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Implantable venous access devices are routinely used, but they are not without complications. A 4-year-old male child with B cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia was planned for chemotherapy. Chemo port was accessed through the right internal jugular vein. Check X-ray was done, which showed the correct placement of the catheter. Two months after chemo port insertion when the patient underwent chemotherapy, he developed a fever and he was started on intravenous antibiotics. On the next two admissions, the patient had a fever with chamber site oedema for which culture was done, which revealed Pseudomonas and Candida, which responded to antibiotic and antifungal therapies. In the successive admission, the patient had immediate local oedema on injecting chemotherapy. Exploration was done, which revealed chamber base perforation. It is an infrequent complication and has been reported in only three studies.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

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2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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BMJ case reports - 14(2021), 2 vom: 01. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manimaran, Ponmani Agasthiya [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Prakash [VerfasserIn]
Ramasundaram, Madhu [VerfasserIn]
Sundaram, Jegadeesh [VerfasserIn]

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Antineoplastic Agents
Case Reports
Chemotherapy
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Paediatric oncology
Paediatric surgery
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Date Completed 22.02.2021

Date Revised 02.02.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bcr-2020-239103

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NLM320875504