Invasion of a peritoneal catheter into the inferior vena cava: report of a unique case.
A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was found to have eroded into the inferior vena cava. It was working well, draining CSF, even through oriented against the flow of blood.
Haralampopoulos
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Neurosurgery Department, Venizelion Hospital, Crete, Greece.
Iliadis
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Karniadakis
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Koutentakis
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D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000503:physiopathology*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*