Chronic ossified epidural hematoma is an uncommon complication of ventricular shunt operation, and bilateral chronic ossified epidural hematoma was rare to reported in the literature. We report a 35-year-old man with triventricular hydrocephalus was treated with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt but presenting with chronic epidural hematoma at 3 days reexamination after operation. At that time, the ...

BACKGROUND Bowel perforation is a serious but rare complication after a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) procedure. Prior studies have reported spontaneous bowel perforation after VPS placement in adults of up to 0.07%. Transanal catheter protrusion is a potential presentation of VPS bowel perforation and places a patient at risk for both peritonitis and ventriculitis/meningitis via retrograde ...

Dr. Marcelo Luis Mudo – Rua dos Apeninos 930 / 14o 04104-020 São Paulo SP Brasil. E-mail: [email protected] Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is a common form of treatment for hydrocephalus. Although simple technically, a high level of surgical complications have been described We reported a case of ventriculoperitoneal shunt failure due to migration of the distal catheter under a silicone breast...

We report a case of a patient with recurrent infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast encasing a ventriculoperitoneal shunt. We also review the current literature regarding reports of breast malignancy around a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, as well as the potential relevance of such shunts to the preoperative evaluation and management of patients with breast cancer.

Pyogenic liver abscess in Taiwan is most commonly due to Klebsiella pneumoniae infection in diabetic patients, and less frequently due to biliary tract infections. Liver abscess caused by ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is very rare. We report a case of liver abscess caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which developed as a complication of an infected VP shunt. A 53-yea...

BACKGROUND Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is an effective treatment for hydrocephalus. Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) infection is a common complication. Cryptococcus neoformans as an implicated organism is rare. In this report, we describe a patient with cryptococcal VPS infection. CASE REPORT A 52-year-old male with normal pressure hydrocephalus, status post implantation of VPS one year pr...