Case Report
A Curious Case of Left Subclavian Vein Stent Fracture
Naukarkar V*, Rajpal K and Shetty D
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India
*Corresponding author: Naukarkar V, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Nair Hospital, Mumbai 400008, India, Phone: +918767207597; E-mail: naukarkarvikrant@gmail.com
Copyright: © 2023 Naukarkar V, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Article Information: Submission: 27/02/2023; Accepted: 24/04/2023; Published: 28/04/2023
Abstract
Percutaneous transluminal interventions have become the method of choice for treating symptomatic and significant vascular occlusions. Stenting is one such method with high success and fewer complication rates. To reduce complications like stent fracture care should be taken to choose the appropriate material and design of the stent and attention should be given to eliminating factors causing external stent compression. Stent fractures in the arterial system are well described in the literature. Very few reports are available for central venous stent fracture. We discuss an interesting case of a stent fracture in the
left subclavian vein due to extrinsic compression.
Keywords: Subclavian Vein; Stent Fracture; Radiology; Case Report