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British Journal of Radiology (2005) 78, 596-600
© 2005 British Institute of Radiology
doi: 10.1259/bjr/32639616
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Incidence of upper limb venous thrombosis associated with peripherally inserted central catheters (PICC)

B J J Abdullah, FRCR1, N Mohammad, MBBS1, J V Sangkar, MBBS, MRCP (UK)1, Y F Abd Aziz, MRad1, G G Gan, MRCP (UK)1, K Y Goh, MRCP1 and I Benedict, MBBS2

1 Departments of Radiology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, and 2 Sanofi-Synthelabo (Malaysia)



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  		Figure 1. Right upper limb venogram. Completely occluding thrombus seen in the origin of the axillary vein (arrow) with no opacification of the brachial vein along the peripherally inserted central catheters.

 


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  		Figure 2. Right upper limb venogram. There is opacification of the brachial (big arrows) and axillary veins while there is no opacification of the cephalic vein (small arrows).

 




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