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Intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt catheter: case report
H Touho1, M Nakauchi, T Tasawa
1Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Neurological Institute, Japan.
Neurosurgery
|August 1, 1987
Abstract:
The intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt tube of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt system (low pressure Pudenz valve and low pressure Pudenz peritoneal catheter) is reported. This is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting and was diagnosed by metrizamide shuntography and abdominal computed tomography. To our knowledge, this is the second case complicated with migration of a peritoneal shunt tube into the liver.