Premature newborn after placement of an umbilical venous catheter

Cardiovascular
AXR of umbilical venous catheter tip in the right portal vein
AXR AP shows the course of the umbilical venous catheter taking a 90 degree turn within the liver with its tip projecting over the right lobe of the liver.

The diagnosis was umbilical venous catheter malfunction with the catheter tip projecting over the right portal vein.

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