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Mediastinitis and mediastinitis‐like symptoms associated with mal‐positioning of a Port‐A catheter
Author(s) -
HUANG T.C.,
HSU H.H.,
HSU Y.M.,
YAO N.S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2007.00895.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , catheter , port (circuit theory) , complication , surgery , subcutaneous port , electrical engineering , stereotactic radiotherapy , radiosurgery , engineering , radiation therapy
HUANG T.‐C., HSU H.‐H., HSU Y.‐M. & YAO N.‐S. (2009) European Journal of Cancer Care
Mediastinitis and mediastinitis‐like symptoms associated with mal‐positioning of a Port‐A catheter Mediastinitis is a life‐threatening condition and would appear to have been rarely reported as arising as a central‐venous catheter‐associated complication. Here we report on one cancer patient featuring a Port‐A catheter tip positioned within the innominate vein, who developed mediastinitis and mediastinitis‐like symptoms subsequent to chemotherapeutic‐agent infusion through this catheter. The relevant literature pertaining to this condition was reviewed, and the possible pathophysiology of the condition was discussed.