Intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt catheter: case report

Neurosurgery. 1987 Aug;21(2):258-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198708000-00027.

Abstract

The intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt tube of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt system (low pressure Pudenz valve and low pressure Pudenz peritoneal catheter) is reported. This is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting and was diagnosed by metrizamide shuntography and abdominal computed tomography. To our knowledge, this is the second case complicated with migration of a peritoneal shunt tube into the liver.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / instrumentation
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging*
  • Male
  • Peritoneum
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed