Intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt can be transdiaphragmatic or supradiaphragmatic. This complication causes important respiratory symptoms.


METHODS
A 7 year-old Caucasian female, hospitalized with the prediagnosis of pneumonia, was determined to have ventriculoperitoneal shunt migration at left hemithorax. A left thoracotomy was performed and the shunt was successfully removed transdiaphragmatically.


CONCLUSIONS
The patients with intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt must be treated surgically as soon as possible. Transdiaphragmatic surgical approach would be more suitable from the point of surgical easiness.
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey. samikarapolat@yahoo.com.
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