title: Unique complications of cerebrospinal fluid shunts in children--a report of two cases.
abstract: The authors report on two cases with unusual CSF shunt complications. The first case had a peritoneal catheter which migrated down a patent processus vaginalis into a hydrocoele. The second case had an atrial catheter which perforated the atrial wall and came to lie in the pericardium causing an effusion. Clinicians should be aware of the frequent and occasionally bizarre complications of CSF shunting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ur-Rahman
authors.forename: Z A
authors.initials: ZA
authors.lastname: Jamjoom
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jawad
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fadley
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt