A 66-Year-Old Man with Intrapleural Leakage of Parenteral Nutrition Fluid Due to a Malpositioned Central Venous Catheter

Jakob Van Herck; Wouter Snoeck; Marc Vanhoof; Helena Van Damme; Lynn Decoster

doi:10.12659/AJCR.948181

14 August 2025 : Case report Belgium

A 66-Year-Old Man with Intrapleural Leakage of Parenteral Nutrition Fluid Due to a Malpositioned Central Venous Catheter

Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Jakob Van Herck^{ABCDEF 1,2*}, Wouter Snoeck^{ABCDEF 1,3}, Marc Vanhoof^{ABCDEF 4}, Helena Van Damme^{ABCDEF 5}, Lynn Decoster^{ABCDEF 1}

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.948181

Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e948181

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Figure 1 Chest X-ray after placement of the central venous catheter in the internal jugular vein. Curved black arrow shows the endotracheal tube. Black hollow arrow shows the nasogastric tube. White thin arrow shows the central venous catheter in the left internal jugular vein.

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