Cerebrospinal fluid ascites: a complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt |
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| Authors: | David F. Dean and Irvin B. Keller |
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| Affiliation: | Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | A 1 year old Caucasian male born with an omphalocoele, malrotation of the large bowel, and Ladd's bands developed an E. coli wound infection and subsequent meningitis-ventriculitis which responded to antibiotic therapy. Aqueductal stenosis and obstructive hydrocephalus initially was treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. After a routine diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus immunization, the child developed a CSF ascites which resolved following a ventriculoatrial shunt. |
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