title: CSF hydrothorax: An unusual cause of pleural effusion.
abstract: A 20-year-old male with hydrocephalus managed with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP) was diagnosed with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleural effusion. Imaging studies revealed an intrathoracic course of a disconnected VP shunt. Physicians should consider CSF effusion in their differential diagnosis in patients with a VP shunt and an unexplained pleural effusion.
authors: a Department of Neurosurgery , James Cook University Hospital , Middlesbrough , UK.
authors: William Bentil
authors: WB
authors: Cato-Addison
authors: Roger
authors: R
authors: Strachan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000151:congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006876:Hydrothorax / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000209:etiology; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: cerebrospinal fluid; hydrothorax; pleural effusion