The authors report a case of umbilical venous catheter malposition with air in the portal venous system in a preterm neonate. Initially, the hypothesis of necrotizing enterocolitis was considered, but the newborn progressed with no finding of disease and the air disappeared at follow-up radiography. The differential diagnosis of such a finding can avoid unnecessary clinical treatments.
Mariana Chiaradia Dominguez; Camila da Silva Pires; Mônica Carvalho Sanchez Stopiglia; Maria Aparecida Marques dos Santos Mezzacappa; Beatriz Regina Alvares
Radiol Bras 2018;51(2):137-138 - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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