title: Respiratory distress caused by migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter into the chest cavity: report of a case and review of the literature.
abstract: A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt migrated into the chest cavity causing an hydrothorax. The three similar cases drawn from the literature are reported.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, University of Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaudio
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Tommasi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Occhiogrosso
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vailati
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology*