Infant with a femoral line that does not infuse

Cardiovascular
Line study showing thrombosis of a femoral venous catheter
AXR lateral (above) shows the tip of the left femoral venous catheter to be in the inferior vena cava. AP (below left) and lateral (below right) images after injection of the catheter show contrast opacifying a long non-occlusive thrombus in the inferior vena cava from the T10-L1 vertebral bodies.

The diagnosis was femoral venous catheter malfunction due to catheter tip thrombosis.

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