Total migration of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt into the ventricles.
Shunt migration into the cranial ventricle is a rare complication of shunt surgery. We encountered this complication in an infant within three weeks of insertion. The shunt tube was removed and replaced by another tube with a reservoir, following which the child did well.
Gupta
P K
PK
Department of Neurosurgery, Khoula Hospital, Mina Al Fahal, Sultanate of Oman.
Dev
E J
EJ
Lad
S D
SD
D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D007231:Infant, Newborn