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Intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report
1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. samikarapolat@yahoo.com.
Introduction:
Intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt can be transdiaphragmatic or supradiaphragmatic. This complication causes important respiratory symptoms.
Case Presentation:
A 7 year-old Caucasian female, hospitalized with the prediagnosis of pneumonia, was determined to have ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration at left hemithorax. A left thoracotomy was performed and the shunt was successfully removed transdiaphragmatically.
Conclusion:
The patients with intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt must be treated surgically as soon as possible. Transdiaphragmatic surgical approach would be more suitable from the point of surgical easiness.
