Umbilical fistula as a complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt.
Two cases of CSF umbilical fistula in children with ventriculo-peritoneal shunt are reported. In the first at exploratory laparotomy there was a persistent umbilical vein and in the second a diffuse perivisceritis. Only three cases of this complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt have been reported in the literature.
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005747:Gastric Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D014472:Umbilicus