Foreign body reaction to rubber Torkildsen catheters: a report of two cases.
Two patients came to clinical attention because of foreign body reactions to rubber catheters. In one patient, the reaction presented as multiple levels of aseptic meningitis and, in the second patient, the reaction caused an intracranial mass with localized neurological dysfunction.
D000328:Adult; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008582:Meningitis, Aseptic / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012408:Rubber; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D012408:Rubber