Embolization of hydrophilic catheter coating to the lungs: report of a case mimicking granulomatous vasculitis.

Full Abstract

Hydrophilic coatings are used on intravascular devices to facilitate ease of manipulation and to minimize complications such as thrombosis during a procedure and vasospasm after a procedure. We report a case of embolization of hydrophilic coating of a central venous catheter to the lung that resulted in cavitary lung nodules in a 34-year-old woman. The microscopic features of this unusual complication warrant emphasis so that pathologists will not overlook the embolic foreign material and make a faulty diagnosis of noniatrogenic granulomatous vasculitis.

Author information

Author/s: Allan, Robert W (RW); Alnuaimat, Hassan (H); Edwards, William D (WD); Tazelaar, Henry D (HD);

Affiliation: Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL 32610-0275, USA.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Case Reports; Journal Article

Journal: American journal of clinical pathology (Am J Clin Pathol), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2009-Nov; vol 132 (issue 5) : pp 794-7

Dates: Created 2009/10/22; Completed 2009/11/17;

PMID: 19846823, status: MEDLINE (last retrieved date: 11/17/2009)

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