Advanced

AJNR - American Journal of Neuroradiology

This Article Abstract Full Text Full Text (PDF) Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Similar articles in this journal Similar articles in PubMed Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via CrossRef Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by Zoarski, G. H. Articles by Mathis, J. M. Search for Related Content PubMed PubMed Citation Articles by Zoarski, G. H. Articles by Mathis, J. M.

Surgically Confirmed Incorporation of a Chronically Retained Neurointerventional Microcatheter in the Carotid Artery

Gregg H. Zoarski^a, Michael P. Lilly^,a, Jason S. Sperling^a and John M. Mathis^a

^a From the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology (G.H.Z.) and Surgery (M.P.L., J.S.S.), University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, and the Division of Neuroradiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (J.M.M.).

View larger version (99K): [in a new window]   FIG 1. 27-year-old woman with retained microcatheter causing intermittent sharp pains in the right side of the groin. A, Intraoperative photograph of the carotid bifurcation shows the retained microcatheter passing from an intraluminal position into fibrous plaque at the common carotid flow divider. B, Intraoperative photograph of the carotid bifurcation shows the transected catheter sutured to the arterial wall.