Round worm migration along ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract: a rare complication.
Though a ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been associated with myriads of unusual complications, so has been that with roundworms. A case of a three-year-old boy is presented who had an unusual complication of roundworm migration along the shunt tract that presented as shunt tract infection.
Agarwal
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai - 400 008, India.
Malapure
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Gupta
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Mane
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Parelkar
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Oak
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D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt