Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction due to migration of the abdominal catheter into the scrotum.
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.
Ram
Z
Z
Department of Neurosurgery, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Findler
G
G
Guttman
I
I
Cherniak
R
R
Knoller
N
N
Shacked
I
I
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