An unusual complication of a ventriculopleural shunt. Case illustration

J Neurosurg. 2007 May;106(5 Suppl):410. doi: 10.3171/ped.2007.106.5.410.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cellulitis / etiology
  • Cerebral Hemorrhage / complications
  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
  • Child
  • Device Removal
  • Edema / diagnostic imaging
  • Edema / etiology
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / complications
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / diagnostic imaging
  • Foreign-Body Migration* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Hydrocephalus / surgery*
  • Male
  • Neurosurgical Procedures
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Reoperation
  • Thoracic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracic Diseases / etiology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed