title: Hyponatremic seizure due to huge abdominal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocsyt in a child with ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report.
abstract: Placement of ventriculoperitoneal(VP) shunt is a worldwide accepted procedure     for treatment of hydrocephalus. This procedure have various intra-abdominal     complications, of which pseudocyst formation is a rare one. Common presentations     of this complication are abdominal mass, abdominal pain, intestinal obstruction,     and shunt dysfunction. In this paper, we report a case of 3 year-old boy with     cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pseudocyst of the VP shunt presenting with     hyponatremic seizure. To the best of our knowledge, hyponatremic seizure has not     been previously reported as a presentation of abdominal CSF pseudocyst in the     literature. Our case has also the largest CSF pseudocyst with respect to body     surface area of the child in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Suleyman Demirel University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Isparta, Turkey.
authors.forename: Behcet Ilker
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Buyukyavuz
authors.forename: Levent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Duman
authors.forename: Tamer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karaaslan
authors.forename: Aysen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Turedi
mesh_terms: D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*