Ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration into the scrotum.
Children with hydrocephalus are commonly treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt for diversion of cerebrospinal fluid. We report a unique complication: the migration of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the scrotum three weeks after placement.
Albala
D M
DM
Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH 03756.
Danaher
J W
JW
Huntsman
W T
WT
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity; D012611:Scrotum