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A 39-year-old man who used intravenous fentanyl presented to the emergency department with a 1-month history of a painful, progressively enlarging pulsatile mass in his right antecubital fossa ...

This technique requires accessible veins at or near the antecubital fossa. It also has a higher incidence of thrombophlebitis than the modified-Seldinger technique.

His temperature was 38.6°C. A 3-by-4-cm area of erythema and swelling with drainage was present in the right antecubital fossa. The physical examination was otherwise unremarkable.

A peripheral venous catheter was placed in each antecubital fossa without difficulty and the apheresis procedure was well-tolerated and uncomplicated. One month following the procedure, ...