Pregnancy and ventriculoperitioneal shunt. Report of a case and literature review.
Reported cases of pregnancy occurring in association with an extracranial shunt for hydrocephalus are very few. This report documents two uncomplicated pregnancies in a patient with ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Abdominal pain was the most frequent symptom in our patient.
Hassan
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan.
el Moumani
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D010536:Peritoneovenous Shunt; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*