Abstract
The authors present a case of a successful percutaneous retrieval of a detached port-a-catheter device that had migrated to the right cardiac chambers in a patient with inoperable pancreatic cancer and hepatic metastases. The patient was admitted to the vascular clinic department on an urgent basis due to an accidental detachment of the catheter during removal at another hospital. The catheter had migrated from the initial placement site in the right subclavian vein to the superior vena cava and right heart chambers. Under local anesthesia, the right femoral vein was accessed using the Seldinger technique, and the migrated catheter was retrieved using a triple-snare-loop device for foreign body removal. Chest radiography after the retrieval procedure did not show any foreign bodies in the right heart chambers or superior vena cava. The patient was discharged home the following day.
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