Traumatic intratumoral hemorrhage secondary to a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
We report a case of a 14-month-old boy with a primary intraventricular oligodendroglioma and obstructive hydrocephalus. The child underwent a bilateral ventriculoperitoneal shunt and developed a massive and fatal intratumoral hemorrhage initiated by a mild trauma when introducing the left ventricular catheter. To our knowledge, this is the first report in the literature of such a complication during a shunting procedure for obstructive hydrocephalus of tumoral origin.
Umansky
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Department of Neurosurgery, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Kluger
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Gomori
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Constantini
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D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum