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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Autores principales: Vettiyil, Beth, Bessette, Sabrina, McQuiston, Samuel, Greiner, Francis
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
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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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.
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title_fullStr Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature
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title_short Nuclear Medicine to Evaluate Complications of Cerebral Shunts: Two Cases and Review of Literature
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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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