Abstract:
A 65-year-old female patient with chronic kidney disease stage 5 and a history of spleen neoplasm with dissemination within peritoneum is presented. During 5 years of hemodialysis therapy, bilateral occlusion of brachiocephalic and iliac vein developed as a consequence of vein catheterization. An attempt to cannulate inferior vena cava was unsuccessful. A cannulation of dilated collateral abdominal veins with dialysis needles allowed to perform several hemodialysis sessions in the patient.
Reference:
Stróżecki, P., Flisiński, M., Serafin, Z., Wiechecka-Korenkiewicz, J. and Manitius, J. (2014) Abdominal Collateral Vein as an Unconventional Vascular Access for Hemodialysis in Patient with Central Vein Occlusion. Seminars in Dialysis. May 6th. (epub ahead of print).