Migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm.
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.
Nazaroğlu
Hasan
H
Department of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey. hnazarog@dicle.edu.tr
Ozkan
Umit
U
Ozmen
Cihan Akgül
CA
Akay
Hatice Oztürkmen
HO
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*