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Case Reports
. 1987 Aug;21(2):255-7.
doi: 10.1227/00006123-198708000-00026.

Intragastric migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter

S Z Oi  1 , Y Shose, N Asano, T Oshio, S Matsumoto
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Case Reports

Intragastric migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter

S Z Oi et al. Neurosurgery. 1987 Aug.

Abstract

A child developed bacterial meningitis and shunt dysfunction 2 years after the insertion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for posttraumatic hydrocephalus. The distal end of the shunt catheter had penetrated the gastric wall. We found no other report of intragastric shunt catheter migration with successful treatment.

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