title: Retrograde migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt to the neck. Case report.
abstract: We report a patient, given a ventriculoperitoneal shunt at the neonatal period, who presented with a painless subcutaneous mass on his neck. Plain radiographs of the cervical region showed that the swelling was made up by a migrated and coiled peritoneal catheter. We briefly discuss the proposed mechanism for this complication and suggest that this occurrence must be taken into account at the time of evaluating a patient with shunt malfunction.
authors.affiliation: Servicio Regional de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Felipe-Murcia
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Almagro
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*