title: Intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt catheter: case report.
abstract: The intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt tube of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt system (low pressure Pudenz valve and low pressure Pudenz peritoneal catheter) is reported. This is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting and was diagnosed by metrizamide shuntography and abdominal computed tomography. To our knowledge, this is the second case complicated with migration of a peritoneal shunt tube into the liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Neurological Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Touho
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakauchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tasawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karasawa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed