Invasion of a peritoneal catheter into the inferior vena cava: Report of a unique case

A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was found to have eroded into the inferior vena cava. It was working well, draining CSF, even through oriented against the flow of blood.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Surgical neurology 1996-07, Vol.46 (1), p.21-22
Hauptverfasser:	Haralampopoulos, F., Iliadis, H., Karniadakis, S., Koutentakis, D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Biological and medical sciences Brain Injuries Cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal cord. Spinal roots. Spinal nerves Fatal Outcome Female Foreign-Body Migration - etiology Humans Medical sciences Neurosurgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Vena Cava, Inferior - physiopathology Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:	A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was found to have eroded into the inferior vena cava. It was working well, draining CSF, even through oriented against the flow of blood.
ISSN:	0090-3019 1879-3339
DOI:	10.1016/0090-3019(96)00052-3