{"id":22577,"date":"2017-10-14T17:53:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T21:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=22577"},"modified":"2025-03-21T23:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T03:41:50","slug":"condition-specific-radiology-chest-port","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=22577","title":{"rendered":"Condition Specific Radiology: Chest Ports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Page Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#OVERVIEW\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> OVERVIEW<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#BASIC_CHARACTERISTICS\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> BASIC CHARACTERISTICS<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#X-RAY\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">3<\/span> X-RAY<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#COMPUTERIZEDTOMOGRAPHY_CT-SCAN\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">4<\/span> COMPUTERIZED\u00a0TOMOGRAPHY (CT-SCAN)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#MAGNETIC_RESONANCE_IMAGING_MRI\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">5<\/span> MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h5><span id=\"OVERVIEW\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>OVERVIEW<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>This page is dedicated to covering how the a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=22576\"><strong>chest port<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>will appear on different types of imaging studies.<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"BASIC_CHARACTERISTICS\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>BASIC CHARACTERISTICS<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Fundamentally, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=22576\"><strong>chest port<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is a device that is placed under the skin on the chest, with a catheter tip that extends into the venous system (usually through either the subclavian vein or internal jugular vein). It can be used as a semi-permanent means of injecting fluids\/medication\/IV nutrition into the venous system (often times they are used for chemotherapy).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Here are some general features\u00a0of this condition that might be appreciated across modalities:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"X-RAY\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>X-RAY<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key features of the appearance of\u00a0this condition on this imaging modality are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"COMPUTERIZEDTOMOGRAPHY_CT-SCAN\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><u>COMPUTERIZED<\/u><strong style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\">\u00a0TOMOGRAPHY (CT-SCAN)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key features of the appearance of\u00a0this condition on this imaging modality are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span id=\"MAGNETIC_RESONANCE_IMAGING_MRI\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Key features of the appearance of\u00a0this condition on this imaging modality are:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre>Page Updated: 10.14.2017<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Page Contents1 OVERVIEW2 BASIC CHARACTERISTICS3 X-RAY4 COMPUTERIZED\u00a0TOMOGRAPHY (CT-SCAN)5 MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) OVERVIEW This page is dedicated to covering how the a\u00a0chest port\u00a0will appear on different types of imaging studies. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS Fundamentally, a chest port\u00a0is a device that is placed under the skin on the chest, with a catheter tip that extends into the &#8230; <a title=\"Condition Specific Radiology: Chest Ports\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/?page_id=22577\" aria-label=\"More on Condition Specific Radiology: Chest Ports\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P71awf-5S9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28661,"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22577\/revisions\/28661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stepwards.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}