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Case Reports
. 2004 Aug;97(8):778-9.
doi: 10.1097/00007611-200408000-00020.

The femoral gateway

Anthony A Cauchi  1 , Viral V Patel, Abraham Verghese
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Case Reports

The femoral gateway

Anthony A Cauchi et al. South Med J. 2004 Aug.

Abstract

A patient who abused cocaine intravenously had an abscess in the groin, which healed to form a sinus tract leading directly to the wall of the femoral vein. She used this "gateway" as her primary means of venous access for the next 5 years. It was both "painless and brainless" and led to femoral vein thrombosis and sepsis. This is the second reported case of such a unique means of venous access.

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