Abnormal location of umbilical venous catheter due to Scimitar syndrome
Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly where the right pulmonary veins return to the inferior vena cava (IVC) just below the diaphragm. On chest X-ray (CXR), an IVC catheter will be in a bizarre location outside the heart if it inadvertently passes into the scimitar vein rather than into the...
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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