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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 178-180 |
Thyrocervical artery - jugular fistula following internal jugular venous catheterization
PP Zachariah, VN Unni, G Kurian, RR Nair, A Mathew
Department of Nephrology, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
V N Unni
Department of Nephrology, Amrita School of Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi - 682 041, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-4065.132019
Arteriovenous fistula (AVF) is an anomalous communication between an artery and a vein, caused by an iatrogenic or traumatic etiology. Surgically created upper limb AVF remains the preferred vascular access for patients on maintenance hemodialysis. Nonetheless central vein cannulation for hemodialysis is a common procedure done in patients who need hemodialysis. We incidentally detected a thyrocervical artery - jugular fistula in a patient on maintenance hemodialysis. He underwent a successful intra arterial coil embolization of the feeding vessel. Review of literature has shown that, a thyrocervical artery - internal jugular vein arteriovenous fistula following a central venous catheterization has not been reported so far.
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