A case report of embolized umbilical venous catheter retrieval from the heart via femoral access in 660 g premature neonate

Jaimin Patel, MD, MSMI; Sumana Ramarao, MD; Jagdish Desai, MD; Renate Savich, MD; Akash Patel, MD

Radiology Case Reports (Nov 2019)

A case report of embolized umbilical venous catheter retrieval from the heart via femoral access in 660 g premature neonate

Jaimin Patel, MD, MSMI,
Sumana Ramarao, MD,
Jagdish Desai, MD,
Renate Savich, MD,
Akash Patel, MD

Affiliations

Jaimin Patel, MD, MSMI: Neonatal intensive care unit., University of Mississippi Medical Center., 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA; Corresponding author.
Sumana Ramarao, MD: Neonatal intensive care unit., University of Mississippi Medical Center., 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
Jagdish Desai, MD: Neonatal intensive care unit., University of Mississippi Medical Center., 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
Renate Savich, MD: Neonatal intensive care unit., University of Mississippi Medical Center., 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA
Akash Patel, MD: Interventional Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center., Jackson, MS 39216, USA

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 14, no. 11
pp. 1415 – 1419

Abstract

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An extremely premature infant born at a gestational age 24 5/7 and birth weight of 637 g was found to have retained a distal segment of an umbilical venous catheter (UVC) on chest radiograph after removal of the UVC. The catheter was retrieved by interventional radiology on day 10 of life when the baby weighed 660 g. To our knowledge, this is the smallest baby reported to have successfully retrieved catheter percutaneously via femoral access. Keywords: Umbilical Catheter, Foreign body retrieval, Complication, Extremely low birth weight, Neonate

Published in Radiology Case Reports

ISSN: 1930-0433 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General): Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
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