20 July 2022
: Case report
Intravascular Catheter Accidentally Placed into the Right Lumbar Vein from the Right Femoral Vein: A Case Report
Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Unexpected drug reaction, Clinical situation which can not be reproduced for ethical reasons
Yo Ishihara1ABCDEF*, Hiroyuki Fukui2ADEF, Kiyomitsu Fukaguchi
DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.936275
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e936275
Figure 2. Abdominal computed tomography following catheter placement through the right femoral vein. (A) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen. The inserted catheter (yellow arrowhead) is placed into the right ascending lumbar vein. (B) Three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography showing the common iliac vein and inferior vena cava (blue) and an inserted catheter (magenta) misplaced into the right ascending lumber vein. In the frontal view, the catheter and inferior vena cava are overlapping.