title: Two unusual complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts in the same infant.
abstract: Ventriculoperitoneal shunts have been associated with many different complications. We describe two rare complications in a 10-month-old girl. To the best of our knowledge, protrusion of ventriculoperitoneal shunt through the knee has not been reported before.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Aultman Hospital, 2600 6th Street S. W., Canton, OH 44710, USA. kns99@hotmail.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nourisamie
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vyas
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Swanson
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007717:Knee; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012706:Serratia marcescens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*