title: Patient dependant on ventriculo-atrial shunt after 49 years.
abstract: The insertion of ventriculo-atrial (VA) shunts has been performed for the treatment of hydrocephalus since the 1950s. Thrombosis, infection, pulmonary hypertension, tricuspid stenosis, shunt nephritis, intra-cardiac migration due to displacement or fracture are reported complications. (1) We present the case of a 49-year-old female who had a VA shunt as a baby, that was never revised, who presented with a neck abscess related to the shunt tubing.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Neurosurgical , University Hospital of Wales , Cardiff , UK.
authors.forename: Huw M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Rahim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hussain
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leach
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
keywords: CSF shunt; hydrocephalus; shunt dependance; shunt fracture; ventriculo-atrial shunt