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Case Reports
. 1985;15(1):53-5.
doi: 10.1007/BF02387854.

Rectal extrusion of the catheter and air ventriculography following bowel perforation in ventriculo-peritoneal shunt

M Aricó, G Beluffi, P Fiori, G Chiari, S Pezzotta, A F Podesta, E Bianchi
Case Reports

Rectal extrusion of the catheter and air ventriculography following bowel perforation in ventriculo-peritoneal shunt

M Aricó et al. Pediatr Radiol. 1985.

Abstract

Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt is frequently carried out in infantile hydrocephalus. The peritoneal shunt has a lower morbidity than ventriculo-atrial shunts and severe complications are uncommon. Abdominal complications include intestinal perforation, shunt migration, inguinal hernia, cerebrospinal fluid pseudocysts and hollow viscus perforation. A few cases of catheter extrusion from the rectum, vagina, umbilicus and urethra have been described. We report a new case of intestinal perforation with rectal extrusion of the catheter associated with a ventriculogram.

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