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- Andrew Thompson and Nic Wennike.
- Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton TA1 5DA. andrew.thompson@tst.nhs.uk
- Brit J Hosp Med. 2012 Feb 1; 73 (2): 112.
AbstractA Vascath dialysis line was inserted under direct ultrasound guidance into the left internal jugular vein for plasmapharesis to treat a 60-year-old woman admitted with a myasthenic crisis secondary to sepsis. A chest X-ray was arranged to check the position of the line and look for any complications, which revealed the presence of a left superior vena cava. Because of the uncertainty of the drainage of this vein a right-sided catheter was then inserted. The repeat chest X-ray (Figure 1) shows both lines, and the two vena cava.
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