Bowel perforation by ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter mimicking gastroenteritis.
Colon perforation is a rare and serious complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt. The authors report a 7-month-old male infant with vomiting and watery diarrhea after colon perforation by a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. A minimal laparotomy incision was performed accurately where preoperative colonoscopy had detected the penetration site of shunting tube in the left colon.
Aslanabadi
Saeid
S
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Research Center of Children's Hospital, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Rafeey
Mandana
M
Ghabili
Kamyar
K
Shimia
Mohammad
M
Ghorashi
Ziaaedin
Z
Abdoli-Oskouei
Shahram
S
Daryani
Amir
A
D003106:Colon / Q000293:injuries*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012421:Rupture; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation