A port-a-cath was accidentally inserted into an arterial vessel of a 78-year-old woman. Chest X-ray was suggestive for aortic placement (Fig. 1A) being confirmed by computed tomography (Fig. 1B). The patient was immediately scheduled for surgery, which could be performed without cardiopulmonary bypass (Fig. 1C and D). The patient made a swift recovery. Fig. 1. (A) Port-a-cath as shown in the pr...

In this case report we aimed to present a patient with granulocytic sarcomaa, neutropenic fever, ARDS and Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumoniae that was hospitalized in our intensive care unit. The patient recovered and then developed vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) bacteremia due to port catheter during follow up. The patient had risk factors for VRE bacteremia and he was administered linez...

The patient was a 66-year-old woman with breast cancer who had undergone chemotherapy. She had had a subcutaneous venous catheter implanted through the left subclavian vein six months earlier. She came to the Emergency Department due to sharp pain in the left hemithorax that radiated towards the shoulder. Physical examination was normal. Chest radiography (Fig. 1) showed that the reservoir cath...

A 53-year-old female with a history of metastatic left arm melanoma presented for F(18) fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) which showed a moderately FDG avid focus at her port catheter tip near the cavoatrial junction. Although catheter tip related FDG avidity has previously been suggested to be bland thrombus or infection, melanoma can metastasiz...