Acute mediastinitis secondary to leakage of parenteral nutrition from a migrated central venous catheter in a patient undergoing autologous bone marrow transplant.
Bone Marrow Transplant
; 17(5): 871-2, 1996 May.
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| ID: mdl-8733712
ABSTRACT
We describe an unusual case of pyrexia of unknown origin in a patient undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation for metastatic breast cancer. The fever was due to extravasation of lipid-containing hyperalimentation fluid from a migrated central venous catheter into the mediastinum, resulting in mediastinitis and pleurisy. The fever persisted despite broad-spectrum antibiotics and amphotericin B, and finally responded to steroids.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1996
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Article