Literature DB >> 8677482

Invasion of a peritoneal catheter into the inferior vena cava: report of a unique case.

F Haralampopoulos1, H Iliadis, S Karniadakis, D Koutentakis.   

Abstract

A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was found to have eroded into the inferior vena cava. It was working well, draining CSF, even through oriented against the flow of blood.

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Year:  1996        PMID: 8677482     DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(96)00052-3

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Surg Neurol        ISSN: 0090-3019


  2 in total

1.  Intracardiac migration of the distal catheter of ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report.

Authors:  Claudio Ruggiero; Pietro Spennato; Danilo De Paulis; Fernando Aliberti; Giuseppe Cinalli
Journal:  Childs Nerv Syst       Date:  2009-12-16       Impact factor: 1.475

2.  CSF liver pseudocyst as a complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Authors:  Zlatko Kolić; Melita Kukuljan; David Bonifačić; Duje Vukas
Journal:  Wien Klin Wochenschr       Date:  2010-10-22       Impact factor: 1.704

  2 in total

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