Malpositioned PICC line

Case contributed by Sachi Hapugoda , 19 Apr 2018
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 27 Nov 2023
Disclosures - updated 14 May 2023: Nothing to disclose

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

Left-sided PICC line with the tip well within the right atrium.

Images Changes:

Image X-ray (Frontal) ( update )

Cropped image

Image 1 X-ray (Frontal) ( create )

Annotation 7304 changed from ,0 arrows,0 labels to tip of PICC,3 arrows,1 label.

Image 1 X-ray (Frontal) ( create )

Annotation 7305 changed from ,0 arrows,0 labels to PICC line,6 arrows,1 label.

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