Fehllage Magensonde

Infant with

hematemesis who had an unsuccessful nasogastric tube placementCXR AP shows air outlining the heart in the pericardial space, air outlining the thymus in the mediastinum, and air in the bilateral pleural spaces.The diagnosis was pneumopericardium, pneumomediastinum, and pneumothorax due to esophageal perforation from traumatic nasogastric tube placement. A subsequent esophagram did not demonstrate a leak.

Im Ösophagus

umgeschlagene Magensonde. Ventral davon Tubus in der Trachea.

Newborn

status post nasogastric tube placementCXR AP shows the tip of the nasogastric tube in the mid esophagus. The tip of the umbilical venous catheter is too high in the right atrium and the tip of the umbilical arterial catheter is too high in the aortic arch.The diagnosis was placement of the nasogastric tube tip in the esophagus.

Teenager with

bilious returns from the nasogastric tubeSupine AXR shows the tip of the feeding tube to be in the gastric body and the tip of the nasogastric tube to be in the third part of the duodenum – the exact opposite of what their normal positions should be.The diagnosis was placement of the nasogastric tube tip post-pyloric in the duodenum.

Fehllage

Magensonde im linken Hauptbronchus. Computertomografie koronarer, sagittal und axial.