title: Invasion of a peritoneal catheter into the inferior vena cava: report of a unique case.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Department, Venizelion Hospital, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Haralampopoulos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iliadis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karniadakis
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Koutentakis
mesh_terms: 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*