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Case Reports
. 2022 Nov 22;15(11):e253118.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2022-253118.

Intracardial migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Fabian Hack  1 , Anna Oder  2 , Christoph Baumgartner  2 , Friedrich M Lomoschitz  3
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Case Reports

Intracardial migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Fabian Hack et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Neurology; Radiology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
CT revealed subarachnoidal haemorrhage due to an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery (A). One month after being hospitalised a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was implanted (B).
Figure 2
Figure 2
Chest X-ray showed intracardial dislocation of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The shunt runs through the superior vena cava, the right atrium and right ventricle into the pulmonary arteries forming a loop from right to left and back to the right pulmonary artery (A, B). Partial 3D reconstruction (C).3D, three dimension.
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