Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst presenting as a hepatic mass: a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
The case of a 3-year-old male child is reported who had a history of congenital hydrocephalus, treated by VP shunting. Severe complications with VP shunting are rare, but in this case the shunt had apparently perforated the liver, causing a pseudocyst to form and subsequent hepatomegaly. The shunt was revised surgically and the pseudocyst resected.
Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Orange.
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D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum