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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |