Liver Abscess: Complication of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 14 (4) , 480-482
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00006123-198404000-00015
Abstract
Liver abscess is a previously unreported complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting. We present such a case, which was diagnosed by computed tomography (CT) and managed by CT-guided percutaneous catheter drainage of the liver abscess, appropriate antibiotics, and shunt externalization.Keywords
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