title: Delayed CSF pseudocyst following shunt malfunction after myelomeningocele repair.
abstract: We report a case of delayed cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pseudocyst following shunt malfunction in a 20-year-old patient with myelomeningocele. Magnetic resonance (MR) images and a radioimmunoassay shunt-gram detected the CSF fistula at the old scar of the myelomeningocele repaired 20 years before. Since the revision of the shunt system failed to keep the pseudocyst, the lesion was successfully directly repaired. Treatment of the delayed CSF pseudocyst following shunt malfunction thus requires a radical operation of the lesion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Muraoka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nonaka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hattori
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokutomi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shigemori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*