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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt presenting as umbilical CSF fistula

An umbilical cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) fistula following a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is an extremely rare complication. The shunt can get blocked and infected and present as purulent umbilical discharge. We report an 11-month-old female infant who presented with recurrent purulent umbilical di...

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Autores principales: Yeola (Pate), Meenakshi, Singh, Kushagra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7928099/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33681077
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_814_20