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From: “Pigtail through snare” technique: an easy and fast way to retrieve a catheter fragment with inaccessible ends

Fig. 1

Non-contrast-enhanced CT images in a 61-year-old female patient with colon cancer show a dislodged central venous catheter fragment with inaccessible ends. The catheter was implanted 16 years ago to treat breast cancer and its fragment was migrated in the right atrium at least 3.5 years ago. a The upper end of the catheter fragment is located in the right atrial appendage. b It runs through the right atrium and c inferior vena cava until d its lower end strayed into the left hepatic vein

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