Newborn with abnormal prenatal echocardiogram after PICC placement

Cardiovascular
AXR of lower extremity peripherally inserted central catheter / PICC in a left-sided inferior vena cava in a patient with situs inversus
AXR AP shows a left lower extremity PICC and a right femoral venous catheter both of whose tips project over a left-sided inferior vena cava. An umbilical venous catheter tip projects over the ductus venosus. An umbilical arterial catheter tip projects at the level of T9. Nasogastric tube tip projects over the stomach in the right upper quadrant. Feeding tube tip projects transpylorically over the duodenal bulb. The cardiac apex is in the right chest.

The diagnosis was appropriate position of the PICC and low malposition of the umbilical venous catheter in a patient with situs inversus.

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