Respiratory Distress Caused by Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter into the Chest Cavity: Report of a Case and Review of the Literature
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurosurgery
- Vol. 23 (6) , 768-769
- https://doi.org/10.1227/00006123-198812000-00017
Abstract
A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt migrated into the chest cavity causing an hydrothorax. The three similar cases drawn from the literature are reported.Keywords
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