Central venous septic thrombosis managed by superior vena cava Greenfield filter and venous thrombectomy: a case report |
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Authors: | M J Hoffman L J Greenfield |
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Affiliation: | 1. Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA;2. Department of Surgery, Harborview Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle, WA;3. Department of Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada;4. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA;5. Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA |
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Abstract: | Operative management of a patient with septic thrombosis from Candida organisms of the subclavian and central veins is described. Diagnosis was suspected on the basis of positive blood and catheter tip cultures, indium-labeled leukocyte scan, and bilateral upper extremity phlebograms. Venous thrombectomy with a Fogarty catheter of the upper extremity central veins was performed after a superior vena cava Greenfield filter had been placed to prevent pulmonary embolism. The thrombus culture was positive for Candida albicans, and the reestablishment of vein patency in conjunction with amphotericin B therapy resulted in cure. This technique allows a definitive diagnosis of septic central thrombosis to be made and reestablishment of vein patency may also enhance antibiotic therapy. |
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