Complication of carotid stenting: incomplete misdeployment of the stent in the femoral artery.

OBJECTIVES

The presence of intravascular foreign bodies is underreported in the literature and is more commonly encountered in clinical practice. We report on a case where an attempt to position a carotid stent resulted in misdeployment of the stent in the femoral artery and its surgical removal.

METHODS

A 63-year-old patient admitted to hospital for cerebral stroke underwent thrombolysis for occlusive dissection of right carotid artery and was transferred to our hospital for additional thrombo-aspiration and carotid stenting.

RESULTS

The carotid stent was misdeployed incompletely in the femoral artery and had to be removed surgically.

CONCLUSIONS

Appropriate knowledge of intravascular migration and deployment failure management should be considered as important as the optimal device deployment.