title: Ventriculo-peritoneal shunt presenting with recurrent pleural effusion: report of a new complication.
abstract: Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts for hydrocephalus are reported to have a number of complications. We describe an unusual complication not previously listed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiodiagnosis, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berry
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014390:Tuberculosis, Meningeal / Q000601:surgery*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*