Early glial tumor metastases through a ventriculo-atrial shunt.
A girl of 12 with a pontine polymorphous astrocytoma diffusely metastasizing to the spinal cord leptomeninges suddenly died 20 hours after the insertion of a right ventriculo-atrial shunt. Many severely damaged glial neoplastic cells were found in the blood vessels of the lung and liver.
D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000601:surgery; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D011149:Pons / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors