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Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature
We present two cases of cerebral shunts - a ventriculopleural shunt and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, with their associated complications. We also hope to provide a comprehensive literature review on various imaging modalities, including nuclear medicine studies in evaluating cerebral shunt complica...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420995 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.163263 |
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author | Vettiyil, Beth Bessette, Sabrina McQuiston, Samuel Greiner, Francis |
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description | We present two cases of cerebral shunts - a ventriculopleural shunt and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, with their associated complications. We also hope to provide a comprehensive literature review on various imaging modalities, including nuclear medicine studies in evaluating cerebral shunt complications. |
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spelling | pubmed-45649272015-09-29 Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature Vettiyil, Beth Bessette, Sabrina McQuiston, Samuel Greiner, Francis World J Nucl Med Case Report We present two cases of cerebral shunts - a ventriculopleural shunt and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, with their associated complications. We also hope to provide a comprehensive literature review on various imaging modalities, including nuclear medicine studies in evaluating cerebral shunt complications. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4564927/ /pubmed/26420995 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.163263 Text en Copyright: © World Journal of Nuclear Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Vettiyil, Beth Bessette, Sabrina McQuiston, Samuel Greiner, Francis Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature |
title | Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature |
title_full | Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature |
title_fullStr | Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature |
title_full_unstemmed | Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature |
title_short | Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature |
title_sort | nuclear medicine to evaluate complications of cerebral shunts: two cases and review of literature |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420995 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1450-1147.163263 |
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