Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst presenting as a hepatic mass: a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt

F Wang; J H Miller

doi:10.1007/BF02467305

Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst presenting as a hepatic mass: a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Pediatr Radiol. 1989;19(5):326-7. doi: 10.1007/BF02467305.

Authors

F Wang¹, J H Miller

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Orange.

PMID: 2755746
DOI: 10.1007/BF02467305

Abstract

The case of a 3-year-old male child is reported who had a history of congenital hydrocephalus, treated by VP shunting. Severe complications with VP shunting are rare, but in this case the shunt had apparently perforated the liver, causing a pseudocyst to form and subsequent hepatomegaly. The shunt was revised surgically and the pseudocyst resected.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / adverse effects*
Cerebrospinal Fluid*
Child, Preschool
Cysts / diagnosis*
Cysts / etiology
Hepatomegaly / diagnosis
Hepatomegaly / etiology
Humans
Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
Liver Diseases / etiology
Male
Peritoneum