title: [Migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in the liver: A rare complication].
abstract: We report on a case of migration inside the liver of the distal end of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter in an adult patient. A simple laparotomy permitted the surgical removal with no haemorrhagic complication. We discuss the other cases reported in the literature and we outline the need to perform an abdominal CT scan in patients carrying a VP shunt with digestive symptoms.
authors: Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital Foch, 40, rue Worth, 92150 Suresnes, France. chris.eap@gmail.com
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Eap
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Blauwblomme
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Dupuy
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Bennis
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Faber
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Mireau
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Aldea
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Frileux
authors: S
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authors: Gaillard
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000601:surgery; D007813:Laparotomy; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014696:Ventriculostomy