Respiratory distress caused by migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter into the chest cavity: report of a case and review of the literature.
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.
Gaudio
R
R
Division of Neurosurgery, University of Bari, Italy.
De Tommasi
A
A
Occhiogrosso
M
M
Vailati
G
G
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology*