title: Peritoneo-vulvar catheter extrusion after shunt operation.
abstract: We report an unusual case of catheter extrusion through the external genitalia. between the labium majus and the labium minus, in a 6-month-old hydrocephalic baby. The event occurred 5 months after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
authors: Neurosurgical University Hospital, University Clinical Center, Belgrade.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Nagulic
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Djordjevic
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Samardzic
mesh_terms: D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007223:Infant; D010537:Peritoneum; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*