Peritoneo-vulvar catheter extrusion after shunt operation

Childs Nerv Syst. 1996 Apr;12(4):222-3. doi: 10.1007/BF00301255.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of catheter extrusion through the external genitalia. between the labium majus and the labium minus, in a 6-month-old hydrocephalic baby. The event occurred 5 months after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery*
  • Infant
  • Peritoneum
  • Radiography
  • Reoperation
  • Vulvar Diseases / diagnostic imaging*