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Chiari network as a cause of neonatal hypoxemia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2022

Manabu Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Morioka Red Cross Hospital, Morioka, Japan
Genichiro Sotodate*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Iwate Medical University, Yahaba, Japan
Waka Kajiwara
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Morioka Red Cross Hospital, Morioka, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Genichiro Sotodate, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Iwate Medical University, 2-1-1 Idaidori, Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate 028-3695, Japan. Tel: +81 19 613 7111; Fax: +81 19 907 7104. E-mail: gsotodat@iwate-med.ac.jp

Abstract

The Chiari network is an embryonic remnant of the right venosus, consisting of a thin, mobile structure connected to the right atrium. Neonates with the Chiari network may present with hypoxemia. We report a case of a neonate with persistent hypoxemia despite improvement in respiratory distress symptoms and increased supplemental oxygen that was diagnosed using real-time telemedicine.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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