title: Migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm.
abstract: Thoracic complications are rare after shunt placement for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid to treat hydrocephalus. We report a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter that migrated into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm. To our knowledge, there is no previously published report of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt that has migrated into the lung by a transdiaphragmatic and transhepatic route.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey. hnazarog@dicle.edu.tr
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nazaroğlu
authors.forename: Umit
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Cihan Akgül
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Ozmen
authors.forename: Hatice Oztürkmen
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Akay
mesh_terms: D020878:Device Removal; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*