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Bronchial erosion by an indwelling central venous catheter
N R Caron1, T L Demmy, J J Curtis
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Chest
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
Despite improved technology, central venous catheters are associated with many complications that occur usually within 48 h of placement. We report a 42-year-old man with a rare erosion of a venous catheter (Silastic) into a bronchus 2 years after its insertion.