Unusual presentation of a common neurosurgical shunt procedure in an adult patient.

ABSTRACT: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery is one of the treatments of hydrocephalus. It involves placing a shunt from the cerebral ventricles to the peritoneum serving as a drainage point. Infection and catheter blockage are some of the possible complications resulting from this procedure. In some cases, other incidents such as peritoneal shunt migration have also been described. Here, we present the case of a 73-year-old male patient treated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt for a normal pressure hydrocephalus. After an initial blockage of the ventricular catheter, a revision surgery was performed with only mild improvement of his neurological symptoms. A repeat shunt series X-ray showed a migration of the distal catheter into the scrotum through an inguinal hernia. He was successfully treated wit

SUBMITTER: Ndongo Sonfack DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9549185 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature