Totally implantable arterial device (TIAD): a questionable complication

Hepatogastroenterology. 2003 May-Jun;50(51):821-2.

Abstract

The authors report a complication of a totally implantable arterial device in a patient in which the device was inserted to prevent recurrence of hepatic metastasis. After intrahepatic chemotherapy, during the nursing of the totally implantable arterial device, the patient developed a mass close to the duodenal loop that disappeared seven months later. The spontaneous decrease of this mass suggests the hypothesis of a hematoma due to a rupture of a pseudoaneurysm of a small collateral artery.

MeSH terms

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / administration & dosage*
  • Arteries / injuries
  • Catheters, Indwelling / adverse effects
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Colonic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Colonic Neoplasms / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Duodenum / blood supply*
  • Floxuridine / administration & dosage*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Hematoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Hematoma / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Infusion Pumps, Implantable / adverse effects*
  • Infusions, Intra-Arterial / instrumentation*
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology*
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Stomach / blood supply*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
  • Floxuridine