Brachial plexus neuritis and fatal hemorrhage following aspergillus infection of a hickman catheter
- 15 September 1982
- Vol. 50 (6) , 1214-1217
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0142(19820915)50:6<1214::aid-cncr2820500633>3.0.co;2-p
Abstract
A patient with relapse of acute granulocytic leukemia developed an Aspergillus infection along the subcutaneous tract of a silicone rubber indwelling central venous catheter. The infection invaded the branchial plexus resulting in paralysis of the right upper extremity and subsequently invaded a major artery of the arm resulting in the demise of the patient. Both an infectious brachial plexus neuritis and fatal hemorrhage secondary to a Hickman catheter are appaently rare.Keywords
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