De Carolis Maria Pia, Costa Simonetta, Polimeni Valentina, Di Stasi Carmine, Papacci Patrizia, Romagnoli Costantino
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Catholic University Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
Eur J Pediatr. 2007 Jun;166(6):617-8. doi: 10.1007/s00431-006-0275-0. Epub 2006 Oct 25.
A premature infant with rupture of percutaneous central catheter and subsequent migration of the fragment in the right atrium was reported. Umbilical venous catheterization was safely used to remove the fragment.