title: Calcification on the ventricle wall associated with a shunt tube--case report.
abstract: A 53-year-old man with renal failure presented with symptoms of shunt malfunction 11 years after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Computed tomography showed high-density lesions on the lateral ventricle wall around the shunt tube. The shunt tube was replaced under monitoring with a neuroendoscope. The resected specimen from the ventricle wall lesion showed calcification and fibrosis. Disturbed calcium and phosphate metabolisms associated with renal failure may have been involved in this abnormal calcification on the ventricle wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa Medical University, Ishikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Sotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: Takuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akai
authors.forename: Takaaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iizuka
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D051437:Renal Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*