Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-17-2022
Abstract
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts represent a surgical option for patients affected by increased intracranial hypertension when medical management fails or is contraindicated. Complications following implantation include shunt obstruction, infection, over and under drainage, migration or disconnection of the tube, formation of a pseudocyst, and allergy to the silicone tube. We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with nausea and generalized malaise, found to have the distal segment of the VP catheter perforating her gastric wall into the stomach lumen which required surgical intervention. In this report, we describe a rare complication associated with the implantation of ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) catheters and the subsequent management plan.
Recommended Citation
Scarascia, Alessio; Atallah, Elias; De Abreu Pineda, Maria; Rosenwasswer, Robert H.; and Judy, Kevin, "Gastric Perforation From a Migrating Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: A Case Report and Review of Literature" (2022). Department of Neurosurgery Faculty Papers. Paper 195.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/neurosurgeryfp/195
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PubMed ID
36281285
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Radiology Case Reports, Volume 17, Issue 12, October 2022, Pages 4899 - 4902.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2022.09.064. Copyright © Scarascia et al.