Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Paediatrics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan
Singapore Med J, 1997 Mar;38(3):134-5.
PMID: 9269385

Abstract

A 3-day-old male baby with neonatal necrotising enterocolitis had a central line (Cavafex No. 18) inserted through the left femoral vein for administration of parenteral nutrition. Forty-eight hours later, he developed progressive abdominal distention with evidence of free abdominal fluid. A contrast injection done through the left femoral vein revealed retroperitoneal leakage of contrast from a traumatic rupture of the left iliac vein. The intravenous catheter was removed and he was treated conservatively with eventual recovery.

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