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

Jaimin Patel; Sumana Ramarao; Jagdish Desai; Renate Savich; Akash Patel

doi:10.1016/j.radcr.2019.09.006

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

Radiol Case Rep. 2019 Sep 25;14(11):1415-1419. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.09.006. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Jaimin Patel¹, Sumana Ramarao¹, Jagdish Desai¹, Renate Savich¹, Akash Patel²

Affiliations

¹ Neonatal intensive care unit., University of Mississippi Medical Center., 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
² Interventional Radiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center., Jackson, MS 39216, USA.

Abstract

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: Complication; Extremely low birth weight; Foreign body retrieval; Neonate; Umbilical Catheter.

Publication types

Case Reports

Grants and funding

P20 GM121334/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States