Radionuclide demonstration of ventriculoatrial shunt-cutaneous fistula with cerebrospinal fluid leak.
Radionuclide techniques have commonly been used to assess ventriculovenous shunt function, cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, and for the diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. All of these techniques were utilized in this unusual case of retrograde migration of a ventriculoatrial catheter into the neck, with cutaneous fistulization and CSF leak.
D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006325:Heart Atria; D006801:Humans; D009333:Neck; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013667:Technetium; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate
D013667:Technetium; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D016284:Technetium Tc 99m Pentetate