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Case Reports
. 2015 Mar;35(1):60-4.
doi: 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000189.

Isolated left homonymous hemianopia secondary to a pericatheter cyst-a rare presentation of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure

Jordan D Watkins  1 , Janet Lee, Meagan J Van Engen, McKenzie L Tibbs, Dilantha B Ellegala, Joyce S Nicholas
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Case Reports

Isolated left homonymous hemianopia secondary to a pericatheter cyst-a rare presentation of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure

Jordan D Watkins et al. J Neuroophthalmol. 2015 Mar.

Abstract

A 26-year-old woman developed a left homonymous hemianopia 1 week after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt through a right parieto-occipital approach. Computed tomography demonstrated a parenchymal cyst in the right occipital lobe. After shunt revision, there was concomitant resolution of the cyst and visual field defect over 1 month. The literature is reviewed regarding this unusual complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure.

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