Embolization of hydrophilic catheter coating to the lungs: Report of a case mimicking granulomatous vasculitis

Robert W. Allan; Hassan Alnuaimat; William D. Edwards; Henry D. Tazelaar

doi:10.1309/AJCPH2PGCCPA0ZJF

Embolization of hydrophilic catheter coating to the lungs: Report of a case mimicking granulomatous vasculitis

Robert W. Allan, Hassan Alnuaimat, William D. Edwards, Henry D. Tazelaar

Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Abstract

Hydrophilic coatings are used on intravascular devices to facilitate ease of manipulation and to minimize complications such as thrombosis during a procedure and vasospasm after a procedure. We report a case of embolization of hydrophilic coating of a central venous catheter to the lung that resulted in cavitary lung nodules in a 34-year-old woman. The microscopic features of this unusual complication warrant emphasis so that pathologists will not overlook the embolic foreign material and make a faulty diagnosis of noniatrogenic granulomatous vasculitis.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	794-797
Number of pages	4
Journal	American journal of clinical pathology
Volume	132
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1309/AJCPH2PGCCPA0ZJF
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Cavitary lung nodules
Foreign body emboli
Foreign body granuloma
Iatrogenic disease
Intravascular interventional devices

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine

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