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Fatal tumor hemorrhage after ventriculoperitoneal shunting. Case report
H W Schroeder1, W R Niendorf, G Schwesinger
1Department of Neurosurgery, Greifswald University, Germany.
Neuropediatrics
|June 1, 1995
Abstract:
We report a fatal tumor hemorrhage in a 1-and-a-half-year old girl after ventriculoperitoneal shunting for obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a thalamic tumor. The possible pathophysiological mechanism is briefly discussed and the literature is reviewed.