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Zeinab El Mawla1, Abdallah Diab1, Layal Olaywan2
1Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
|January 29, 2024
Abstract:
Pleural catheters are widely used for patients with pleural effusions. Several complications with limited morbidity have been reported. We report, to our knowledge, the first case of a pleural catheter insertion into the hepatic vein, passed through the inferior vena cava, and the tip reaching the right atrium, which may be reduced using additional imaging during thoracocentesis.
