Superior vena cava syndrome: do not miss the Ariadne’s thread
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Interventional Radiology - Case Report 2016
VOLUME: 19 ISSUE: 1
P: 70 - 72
January 2013

Superior vena cava syndrome: do not miss the Ariadne’s thread

Diagn Interv Radiol 2013;19(1):70-72
1. Department of Radiology, Hôpital Ambroise PARE (APHP), Boulogne Billancourt, France
2. Department of Head & Neck and Interventional Radiology, Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Research Institute, Nice, France”
3. Department of Radiology, Centre d’imagerie Médicale, Aurillac, France
4. Department of Oncology and Radiotherapy, Antoine Lacassagne Cancer Research Institute, Nice, France
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Received Date: 23.02.2013
Accepted Date: 02.04.2012
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ABSTRACT

A central venous catheter tip located too high into the superior vena cava (SVC) is known to be a strong risk factor for central venous thrombosis and subsequent SVC syndrome. We report herein the usefulness of catheterizing the implanted port catheter lumen as a salvage procedure to circumvent a complete SVC occlusion in a breast cancer patient. Because the standard central vein catheterization attempt is often unsuccessful, the port catheter should always be considered as the Ariadne’s thread and used as an attempt for catheterization.

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