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Hepatic and colonic perforation by an abandoned ventriculoperitoneal shunt |
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| Authors: | Seng?Thipphavong,Christian?J.?Kellenberger,James?T.?Rutka,David?E.?Manson mailto:david.manson@sickkids.ca" title=" david.manson@sickkids.ca" itemprop=" email" data-track=" click" data-track-action=" Email author" data-track-label=" " >Email author |
| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8;(2) Division of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8 |
| Abstract: | We report a case of an abandoned distal limb of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt that resulted in hepatic as well as colonic perforation in a 12-year-old girl. Although it is common practice at the time of shunt revision to leave a retained distal catheter in the peritoneal cavity, we suggest this can result in perforation of solid as well as hollow viscera. |
| Keywords: | VP shunt Abdominal complication Computed tomography |
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