title: Round worm migration along ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract: a rare complication.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai - 400 008, India.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Malapure
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Parelkar
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Oak
mesh_terms: D001196:Ascariasis / Q000150:complications*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt