Cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax caused by transdiaphragmatic migration of a ventriculoperitoneal catheter through the foramen of Bochdalek |
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| Authors: | Lee M. Martin Marcia E. Donaldson-Hugh M. M. Cameron |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Division of Neurosurgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4AD, UK, Fax: (44) 1924-81 48 64, GB |
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| Abstract: | Cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax is a very rare complication following ventriculoperitoneal shunting. The authors report a case of a 3-year-old girl who developed cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax (caused by migration of the intra-abdominal catheter through the right vertebrocostal trigone of Bochdalek, the one most unlikely to be congenitally patent) and respiratory distress. The patient was successfully treated with thoracocentesis and shunt revision. Received: 15 May 1996 |
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| Keywords: | Cerebrospinal fluid Foramen of Bochdalek Hydrocephalus Hydrothorax Intra-abdominal complication Ventriculoperitoneal shunt |
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