X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization

Complications during insertion of a subclavian central venous line are rare but potentially serious. This case report describes the radiological abnormality of a one-sided pleural effusion during a routine control directly after a difficult central venous catheterization. We illustrate the findings,...

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Main Authors:	Casanova, Michel, Ummenhofer, Wolfgang
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915723/

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spelling	pubmed-39157232014-02-23 X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization Casanova, Michel Ummenhofer, Wolfgang Case Report Complications during insertion of a subclavian central venous line are rare but potentially serious. This case report describes the radiological abnormality of a one-sided pleural effusion during a routine control directly after a difficult central venous catheterization. We illustrate the findings, the initial emergency management, and our procedure to rule out an iatrogenic hemothorax. Possible differential diagnoses and strategies for management of a suspected complication are discussed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC3915723/ /pubmed/24563796 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/320264 Text en Copyright © 2014 M. Casanova and W. Ummenhofer. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Casanova, Michel Ummenhofer, Wolfgang
spellingShingle	Casanova, Michel Ummenhofer, Wolfgang X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization
author_facet	Casanova, Michel Ummenhofer, Wolfgang
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title	X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization
title_short	X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization
title_full	X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization
title_fullStr	X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization
title_full_unstemmed	X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization
title_sort	x-ray of one-sided “white lung” after central venous catheterization
description	Complications during insertion of a subclavian central venous line are rare but potentially serious. This case report describes the radiological abnormality of a one-sided pleural effusion during a routine control directly after a difficult central venous catheterization. We illustrate the findings, the initial emergency management, and our procedure to rule out an iatrogenic hemothorax. Possible differential diagnoses and strategies for management of a suspected complication are discussed.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate	2014
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3915723/
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X-Ray of One-Sided “White Lung” after Central Venous Catheterization

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