title: Migration of abdominal catheter of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the scrotum.
abstract: Two cases are reported in which the abdominal catheters slipped into the scrotum through the unobliterated processus vaginalis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Fukui Medical School, Matsuoka.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Handa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishii
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000601:surgery*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010537:Peritoneum; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D012611:Scrotum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*