1. A case of V-A shunt catheters migration into the pulmonary artery
Wataru Irie, Masataka Furukawa, Chikako Murakami, Masamune Kobayashi, Kazuho Maeda, Naomi Nakamaru, Chizuko Sasaki, Kota Shibuya, Shigeki Nakamura, Katsuyoshi Kurihara 
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2. Fig. 1
Right cervical region. V-A shunt fractured at about 3cm proximal to the internal jugular vein.
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3. Fig. 2
Pulmonary artery. A part of the catheter was firmly fixed to the pulmonary artery wall. It formed a U-shaped loop on the right pulmonary artery.
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4. Fig. 3
Lung tissue (HE×100). Organization of endothelial cells of the microarteries.
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5. Fig. 4
Fixed region to the pulmonary artery wall (HE×40). The catheter was completely covered by fibrous tissue.
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6. Fig. 5
CT images. There is a tube-shaped foreign body in the pulmonary artery.
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7. Fig. 6
Fractured region of the V-A shunt catheter. Left side catheter with soft tissue is remaining part in the right cervical region, and the other is migrated part. One end of the catheter was fractured slightly obliquely and the shape of its fractured end was almost the same as that of the end of the remaining catheter.
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