We report a case of a young female who developed multiple life threatening complications after a single internal jugular vein catheterisation. They consisted of pleural misplacement of the catheter, massive haemorrhage with cardiovascular collapse following catheter removal, and development of arteriovenous fistula, diagnosed 18 months later.
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