Infant with inadequate oral intake who just had a feeding tube placed

Gastrointestinal
AXR of nasogastric tube in the lung
AXR shows the tip of the feeding tube to be in appropriate position in the second portion of the duodenum. The nasogastric tube tip is noted to be projecting over the heart in the left lower lobe of the lung.

The diagnosis was placement of the nasogastric tube tip into the lung.

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