A 5-Month-Old Infant with Right Scrotum Swelling; a Case Report

Migration of the distal catheters of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a rare event. Here, we report an unusual case of a 5-month-old infant with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, who developed right scrotum swelling soon after VP shunting. Plain abdominal x-ray showed the shunt tubing, which was twi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hung, Shih-Wen, Chen, Kuo-Chih, Wu, Chin-Chu, Wang, Tzong-Luen, Chor-Ming Lin, Aming
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5325919/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28286855
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Sumario:Migration of the distal catheters of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a rare event. Here, we report an unusual case of a 5-month-old infant with post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus, who developed right scrotum swelling soon after VP shunting. Plain abdominal x-ray showed the shunt tubing, which was twisted and kinked in its distal portion and coiled in the right scrotum. The infant was operated on and managed with successful outcome.

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