Cerebrospinal fluid ascites: a complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
A 1 year old Caucasian male born with an omphalocoele, malrotation of the large bowel, and Ladd's bands developed an E. coli wound infection and subsequent meningitis-ventriculitis which responded to antibiotic therapy. Aqueductal stenosis and obstructive hydrocephalus initially was treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. After a routine diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus immunization, the child developed a CSF ascites which resolved following a ventriculoatrial shunt.
D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007420:Intestine, Large / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis; D010567:Pertussis Vaccine / Q000009:adverse effects; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection; D013742:Tetanus / Q000517:prevention & control; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid; D014611:Vaccination / Q000009:adverse effects
D010567:Pertussis Vaccine; D013745:Tetanus Toxoid