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Review
. 1988 Oct;4(5):310-2.
doi: 10.1007/BF00271932.

Traumatic intratumoral hemorrhage secondary to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

F Umansky  1 , Y Kluger, J M Gomori, S Constantini
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Review

Traumatic intratumoral hemorrhage secondary to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

F Umansky et al. Childs Nerv Syst. 1988 Oct.

Abstract

We report a case of a 14-month-old boy with a primary intraventricular oligodendroglioma and obstructive hydrocephalus. The child underwent a bilateral ventriculoperitoneal shunt and developed a massive and fatal intratumoral hemorrhage initiated by a mild trauma when introducing the left ventricular catheter. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of such a complication during a shunting procedure for obstructive hydrocephalus of tumoral origin.

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