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case_images: (a) The a.p. chest X-ray shows the catheter tip (black arrow) at the left margin of the mediastinum. (b) depicts a CT of the thorax. The catheter tip is marked in white. *left brachiocephalic vein.
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case_images: fig1
case_images: The a.p. chest X-ray showed an atypical position of the catheter tip at the left margin of the mediastinum (Figure 1(a)). It was placed outside the large vessels (Figure 1(b)).
case_images: PMC5758939_02
case_images: The a.p. chest X-ray shows the port catheter in the left-sided superior vena cava (black arrows).
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case_images: fig2
case_images: The postoperative examination showed an atypical position of the catheter tip at the left margin of the mediastinum (Figure 2).
case_images: CT of the thorax, including coronal and axial cuts. In picture (a), white arrows show the passage of the PLSSVC while in picture (b) the ending in the coronary sinus is depicted.
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case_images: fig3
case_images: A reevaluation of a past CT scan of the chest showed the catheter in a PLSSVC (Figures 3(a) and 3(b)).