Prolonged Survival After Catheter Embolus
Authors: HENRY TULGAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Case Studies1 October 1963Prolonged Survival After Catheter EmbolusHENRY TULGAN, M.D., JOSEPH BUDNITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY TULGAN, M.D., JOSEPH BUDNITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-4-564 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe increasing use of polyethylene catheters in the administration of intravenous fluids is not without the hazard of embolization. Several reports in the literature (1-4) have already recorded such occurrences. However, the fact that prolonged asymptomatic survival may occur without surgical intervention after such an event has not been heretofore noted.CASE REPORTAn 86-year-old man was first admitted to Pittsfield General Hospital on January 16, 1962, because of urinary frequency and incontinence. His general physical condition revealed marked debilitation. After cystoscopy on January 23, 1962, had ruled out the presence of operable pathology, a permanent Foley catheter was placed...References1. TURNERSOMMERS DDSC: Accidental passage of a polyethylene catheter from cubital vein to right atrium. New Eng. J. Med. 251: 744, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. TRUSLERMUSTARD GAWT: Intravenous polyethylene catheter successfully removed from the heart. Canad. Med. Ass. J. 79: 558, 1958. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. KUNTSONSTENBERG HK: Pulmonary embolus with foreign body. Nord. Med. 62: 1491, 1959. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. BARRYMCINTOSHWHALEN WFHDRE: Catheter embolus: A radiographic demonstration of a polyethylene catheter lying free in the superior vena cava. New Eng. J. Med. 267: 1194, 1962. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HENRY TULGAN, M.D.; JOSEPH BUDNITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Pittsfield, MassachusettsFrom the Department of Medicine, Pittsfield General Hospital, Pittsfield, Massachusetts.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Henry Tulgan, M.D., East Street Medical Building, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySearch and retrieval of a radiolucent foreign objectOffene Verletzungen und Fremdkörper des Herzens und der großen herznahen GefäßeLiteraturThe complications associated with the use of plastic intravenous cathetersaNONTHORACOTOMY RETRIEVAL OF INTRALUMINAL CARDIOVASCULAR FOREIGN BODIESTechniques of nonsurgical retrieval of latrogenic foreign bodies from the heartLiteraturMeßmethodenIntravenous Catheter Embolization to the Pulmonary ArteryForeign body in the right ventricle causing bacterial endocarditisPolyethylene Catheter EmbolismComplications of indwelling venous cathetersRemoval of an iatrogenic foreign body from the aorta by means of a ureteric stone catcher 1 October 1963Volume 59, Issue 4 Page: 564-565 Keywords Catheters Cystoscopy Hospital medicine Incontinence ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1963 PDF downloadLoading ...