Recovery of intralipid from lumbar puncture after migration of saphenous vein catheter.
A term female infant was admitted to the intensive care unit with the diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot with critical pulmonary stenosis. On the seventh day of life a long saphenous line was inserted that remained without complications until seven days later when the infant appeared septic. A lumbar puncture demonstrated the presence of intra-lipid in the cerebrospinal fluid that we interpreted as due to migration of the saphenous catheter. The child had an uneventful recovery.
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D014680:Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology