[Mediatinitis and thrombosis of the innominate veins and the superior vena cava: a rare complication of ventriculo-atrial shunt].
A thrombosis of bilateral Innominate and superior Cava veins, as a complication of ventriculo-atrial shunts, is described whose particularity resides at the rareness of the aetio-pathogenetic cause connected to an infectious process (mediastinitis) secondary to the infection of the neck's skin wound through the rejection of the venous catheter formed.
D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior
Mediastinite e trombosi delle vene anonime e cava superiore: rara complicanza di derivazione liquorale ventricolo-atriale.