title: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction due to migration of the abdominal catheter into the scrotum.
abstract: A case is reported in which the peritoneal portion of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt migrated into the scrotum via an indirect inguinal hernia and caused cerebrospinal fluid hydrocele with shunt malfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Findler
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Guttman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cherniak
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Knoller
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shacked
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum; D012611:Scrotum; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000209:etiology