Day: October 24, 2023

Newborn with complex congenital heart disease

CT of umbilical venous catheter in normal position
Sagittal CT with contrast of the chest shows the umbilical venous catheter to course through the umbilical vein into the liver to the left portal vein to the ductus venosus to the left hepatic vein to the inferior vena cava with its tip near the junction of inferior vena cava and the right atrium.

The diagnosis was normal position of the umbilical venous catheter with the tip near the junction of the inferior vena cava and the right atrium.