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Nephrol Dial Transplant (1999) 14: 2028-2029
© 1999 European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association

Images in Nephrology

Placement of an internal jugular dialysis catheter into the superior intercostal vein

(Section Editor: G.H. Neild)

Mark J. Sarnak and Andrew S. Levey

Division of Nephrology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Mark J. Sarnak, MD, Division of Nephrology, New England Medical Center, Box 391, 750 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

Keywords: catheter; chest radiograph; haemodialysis; internal jugular vein

The value of a routine radiograph following an uneventful placement of an internal jugular haemodialysis catheter has been questioned. The argument is that unsuspected findings occur in less than 1.5% of routine chest radiographs after uneventful placement of internal jugular catheters [1]. We describe an unusual venous anomaly that was revealed by a routine post-procedure chest radiograph and review the potential complications that may have . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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