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Migration of a fractured ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the scrotum: a rare complication.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Shahizon, Azura Mohamed Mukhari Hanafiah, Mohammad Hing, Erica Yee Julian, Mohd Ramli |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | Children with hydrocephalus are commonly treated with a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt for diversion of CSF. Unfortunately, complications arising from VP shunting are not uncommon. Apart from shunt blockage and infection, it may become disconnected or fractured and migrate into the potential spaces or viscera. Here we present images of a unique complication of VP shunt in a 14-year-old boy who had a background history of congenital hydrocephalus. At the age of 13 years, he had a fracture of the right VP shunt at the mid-cervical spine level (figure 1A) with migration of the distal portion into the abdomen. Revision of the right VP shunt was done but the previously migrated distal tube was not removed from … |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1136/bcr-2013-200609 |
| PubMed reference number | 23955988 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 2013 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2013/bcr-2013-200609.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-200609 |
| Journal | BMJ case reports |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
