Intragastric migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter

Neurosurgery. 1987 Aug;21(2):255-7. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198708000-00026.

Abstract

A child developed bacterial meningitis and shunt dysfunction 2 years after the insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for posttraumatic hydrocephalus. The distal end of the shunt catheter had penetrated the gastric wall. We found no other report of intragastric shunt catheter migration with successful treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / instrumentation
  • Child, Preschool
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / therapy
  • Male
  • Meningitis / etiology
  • Peritoneum
  • Radiography
  • Stomach / diagnostic imaging*