Huang Xianghui, Zhuang Deyi, Liu Ling, Li Wanting, Liu Jungang, Zhang Zhongxi
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Xiamen Children's Hospital, No.92-98 yibin Road, Huli District, Xiamen, 361006, China.
Xiamen Key Laboratory of neonatal diseases, Xiamen, China.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2020 May;36(5):1079-1081. doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04513-w. Epub 2020 Jan 22.
A fractured catheter in the posterior auricular vein is exceedingly rare. Imaging revealed that it was migrating freely and currently overlapped the temporal bone. With multidisciplinary cooperation, general anesthesia, and three-dimensional computed tomography (3D-CT) for guidance, the catheter was removed uneventfully.