Affiliation:
1. Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Tokyo Medical University Tokyo Japan
2. Department of Traumatology and Acute Critical Medicine Osaka University Osaka Japan
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundSeveral reports on organ injury and death due to incorrect chest tube insertion exist; however, reports on the chest tube penetrating the liver and reaching the inferior vena cava are limited.Case PresentationA 79‐year‐old man presented with a clamped tube because of massive bleeding from the tube following right chest tube replacement in the hospital of origin. The tube entered the inferior vena cava from the hepatic parenchyma via the right hepatic vein and was removed 15 h later because his hemodynamics stabilized. A ruptured pseudoaneurysm necessitated further transcatheter arterial embolism on the second hospitalization day, and the patient was transferred back to the referring hospital on day 17.ConclusionLiver injury caused by an inferior vena cava misinsertion‐associated chest tube can be treated with elective surgery in anticipation of the tube's tamponade effect. However, due to the risk of rebleeding, imaging follow‐up is necessary soon after surgery.