Publications by authors named "Perente Sempachedin"

A totally implantable venous access port (TIVAP) plays a main role in delivering chemotherapy to patients with cancer. A 70-year-old woman with bladder carcinoma presented with a mass over a port chamber of a TIVAP site. CT studies showed a mass surrounding the catheter near the port reservoir attached to the chest wall.

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Evisceration is described as the removal of intra-abdominal organs outside the abdominal cavity after partial or complete dehiscence of an operative incision. Multiple organs have been reported in the literature as being eviscerated through a drain site. Zero point five per cent (0.

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Venous port catheters are devices that allow access to the central venous system and, in clinical practice, are used for patients who require long-term intravenous therapy. The ideal position of the catheter tip is the distal superior vena cava and can be confirmed by a postoperative chest X-ray. Complications during and after the implantation are not rare, but spontaneous migration of the catheter tip into the internal jugular vein is an uncommon complication.

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Echinococciasis is a zoonotic infection observed in almost every anatomic location in the body. The liver and lungs are the most frequent sites of infection. However, spleen involvement is rare, and isolated splenic hydatid disease is even less common.

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The extravasation of contrast agents is one of the most common and remarkable complications during a computed tomography (CT) scan. The clinical manifestations are commonly minimal, leading to mild symptoms. However, in rare cases of high-volume extravasation, the complications are extremely threatening.

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Anomalies of the appendix are rare, and one of the rarest is the double appendixes. Most anomalies of the appendix are observed in adults and are discovered incidentally during surgery that does not primarily involve the appendix. It is usually missed, often with life-threatening consequences.

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