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  • Title: Surgically confirmed incorporation of a chronically retained neurointerventional microcatheter in the carotid artery.
    Author: Zoarski GH, Lilly MP, Sperling JS, Mathis JM.
    Journal: AJNR Am J Neuroradiol; 1999 Jan; 20(1):177-8. PubMed ID: 9974078.
    Abstract:
    A woman reported painful thrombosis of the superficial femoral artery 16 months after a transfemoral microcatheter was glued into a cerebral arteriovenous malformation and transected at the groin. When the catheter was removed, a portion was found to be incorporated into the wall of the carotid artery. This case demonstrates that portions of a retained microcatheter may be incorporated into the arterial wall while other portions may remain mobile and cause late peripheral arterial symptoms.
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