A 5-Month-Old Infant with Right Scrotum Swelling; a Case Report

Shih-Wen Hung1, Kuo-Chih Chen1, Chin-Chu Wu2

  • 1Emergency Department, Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.; School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Summary

Distal catheter migration in ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts is rare. This case details an infant with VP shunt tubing coiled in the scrotum, successfully treated with surgery.