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Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones
Hydrocephalus is a prevalent health problem that is frequently encountered by paediatric neurosurgeons during infancy and childhood. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with high cerebrospinal fluid protein hydrocephalus secondary to optic glioma that required a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. T...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32587118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-234775 |
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author | Alraee, Sondus Alshowmer, Sahar Alnamshan, Mohammad Azzubi, Moutasem |
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description | Hydrocephalus is a prevalent health problem that is frequently encountered by paediatric neurosurgeons during infancy and childhood. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with high cerebrospinal fluid protein hydrocephalus secondary to optic glioma that required a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. The patient had multiple failures of VP shunt and developed massive ascites. Alternatively, the hydrocephalus was treated by ventriculo-gallbladder (VG) shunt in the presence of sludge which was removed from the gallbladder before placement of the shunt. After VG shunt insertion, the patient expressed signs of infection with elevated liver profile, which emphasised the presence of gallstones. While the shunt was kept in its place without any complications, the gallstones were successfully removed by an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. In conclusion, the presence of sludge is not a contraindication for VG shunt placement, and, if the VG shunt was complicated with gallstones, it could be treated without the need for cholecystectomy. |
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spelling | pubmed-73197222020-07-01 Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones Alraee, Sondus Alshowmer, Sahar Alnamshan, Mohammad Azzubi, Moutasem BMJ Case Rep Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson Hydrocephalus is a prevalent health problem that is frequently encountered by paediatric neurosurgeons during infancy and childhood. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with high cerebrospinal fluid protein hydrocephalus secondary to optic glioma that required a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. The patient had multiple failures of VP shunt and developed massive ascites. Alternatively, the hydrocephalus was treated by ventriculo-gallbladder (VG) shunt in the presence of sludge which was removed from the gallbladder before placement of the shunt. After VG shunt insertion, the patient expressed signs of infection with elevated liver profile, which emphasised the presence of gallstones. While the shunt was kept in its place without any complications, the gallstones were successfully removed by an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography. In conclusion, the presence of sludge is not a contraindication for VG shunt placement, and, if the VG shunt was complicated with gallstones, it could be treated without the need for cholecystectomy. BMJ Publishing Group 2020-06-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7319722/ /pubmed/32587118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-234775 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson Alraee, Sondus Alshowmer, Sahar Alnamshan, Mohammad Azzubi, Moutasem Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
title | Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
title_full | Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
title_fullStr | Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
title_short | Management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
title_sort | management of ventriculo-gallbladder shunt in the presence of gallstones |
topic | Reminder of Important Clinical Lesson |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7319722/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32587118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2020-234775 |
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