CT-Angiogram Appearance of Iatrogenic Azygos Vein Perforation

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Catherine Lalonde Étienne Dallaire Gahide Gérald Guillaume Garneau Mathieu Béland Mireille Méthot

Corresponding Author

Mathieu Béland
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Radiology Departement, Canada

A B S T R A C T

An elderly woman underwent placement of a pacemaker lead which was complicated by accidental azygos vein cannulation and perforation. However not a very uncommon complication, we report here several findings on CT-angiogram which highlight imaging pitfalls of this entity. We also review how the case was clinically managed.

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Case Report

Publication history

Received: Wed 08, Apr 2020
Accepted: Wed 22, Apr 2020
Published: Wed 29, Apr 2020

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© 2023 Mathieu Béland. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JICOA.2020.02.10