title: [Abdominal pseudocyst as a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt].
abstract: The abdominal pseudocyst is an unfrequent complication in patients with ventriculoperitoneal shunts. Although many cases have been reported in children, it is rare in adult patients. However, a 47-year-old man with congenital hydrocephalus who had been treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt since the age of three months, was admitted to hospital due to abdominal pain. He was eventually diagnosed radiologically as having an abdominal pseudocyst. Despite this complication being rare, especially in adults, it should be highly suspected whenever an abdominal cyst co-occurs with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
authors.affiliation: Billeddiagnostisk Afdeling, Køge Sygehus, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge. shawnim1@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shawnim
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shakir
authors.forename: Sture
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hegelund
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*