Placement of a central venous catheter (CVC) is not without complications, one of those being misplacement of the catheter tip. This event is dependent on the patient's vascular anatomy, hence unexpected misplacements may occur. We describe a case where a right subclavian CVC was inserted uneventfully, but later found to have migrated into a vein coursing through the midline of the neck, for which only three other cases have been reported. The catheter remained functional and was later removed without further complications.
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