Late-onset erythema along a sterile functioning ventriculoperitoneal shunt: case report and review of the literature.
METHODS
A 6-year-old boy presented with erythema along the tract of his ventriculoperitoneal shunt 6 years after its insertion; there was no associated CSF infection or shunt malfunction.


CONCLUSIONS
The question of what to do in such a situation is addressed. The possible causes of the erythema are discussed, as well as its management, and the literature is reviewed.
AbdelAziz
Hani
H
Division of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Canada.
Vassilyadi
Michael
M
Ventureyra
Enrique C G
EC
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013909:Thorax; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000379:methods*
D005839:Gentamicins; D014640:Vancomycin