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Case 111: Chemotherapy infusion device

You are asked to remove an infusa-port from a 42 year old woman who has completed her chemotherapy for breast cancer. The device has been there for over 2 years. The procedure is simple however you arrange a chest xray in the recovery room and it reveals a complication.

1. What has occurred?

2. How would you manage this problem?