Use of suture-mediated closure device system after inadvertent medport placement in the subclavian artery leading to multi-focal ischaemic infarct: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Totally implantable venous access devices or chemoports are progressively being used in oncologic patients for long-term chemotherapy administration. We present the case of an iatrogenic arterial catheter placement in the aortic arch complicated with multi-focal ischaemic stroke.

Case summary

A case of a 73-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, pineal gland tumour status post ventriculoperitoneal shunt, and breast and bladder cancer presented with a 2-week history of impaired balance, dysarthria, and right-sided facial drop. The chemoport was placed less than a month prior to the onset of symptoms at another institution. A brain magnetic resonance imaging revealed a left hemispheric supra- and infra-tentorial subacute ischaemic infarcts

SUBMITTER: Rodriguez-Santiago MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11536085 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature