Intragastric migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter

Intragastric migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter

A child developed bacterial meningitis and shunt dysfunction 2 years after the insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for posttraumatic hydrocephalus. The distal end of the shunt catheter had penetrated the gastric wall. We found no other report of intragastric shunt catheter migration with succe...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neurosurgery 1987-08, Vol.21 (2), p.255-257
Hauptverfasser: OI, S, SHOSE, Y, ASANO, N, OSHIO, T, MATSUMOTO, S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Biological and medical sciences
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - adverse effects
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - instrumentation
Cerebrospinal fluid. Spinal cord. Spinal roots. Spinal nerves
Child, Preschool
Foreign Bodies - diagnostic imaging
Foreign-Body Migration - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Hydrocephalus - therapy
Male
Medical sciences
Meningitis - etiology
Neurosurgery
Peritoneum
Radiography
Stomach - diagnostic imaging
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
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Zusammenfassung:A child developed bacterial meningitis and shunt dysfunction 2 years after the insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for posttraumatic hydrocephalus. The distal end of the shunt catheter had penetrated the gastric wall. We found no other report of intragastric shunt catheter migration with successful treatment.
ISSN:0148-396X
1524-4040
DOI:10.1227/00006123-198708000-00026