Retained hub of a Port-a-Cath

Case contributed by Jayanth Keshavamurthy , 9 Nov 2017
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Daniel J Bell, 11 Nov 2017

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 50 years to 45 years.
Presentation was changed:
Pain inferior to the right clavicle.

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Post port removal from the right anterior chest wall, drainage. The retained connecting-hub of the Port-a-Cath can be visualised at the right 7th rib.

The cardiomediastinal silhouette is normal. Calcified right hilar lymph nodes are noted, along with a calcified granuloma in the right lung. There is no focal consolidation, pleural effusion or pneumothorax. The lungs are well inflated. Pulmonary vascularity is normal. Imaged osseous structures are intact.

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