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Review
. 2025 Jun 27;6(4):100216.
doi: 10.1016/j.acepjo.2025.100216. eCollection 2025 Aug.

An Incidental Embolism

Emma Alley  1 , Eric Melnychuk  1   2
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Review

An Incidental Embolism

Emma Alley et al. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: central venous catheter; foreign body.

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The image shows multiple views of a retained catheter in the right pulmonary artery extending into the right middle lobar artery. Arrows point to the retained catheter. (A) Coronal view. (B) Sagittal view. (C) Transverse view. (D) Image of the catheter after retrieval by Interventional Radiology.
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