To cite: Hegde A, Nair RP, Ganapathy S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2015213619 DESCRIPTION The ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been the mainstay for definitive treatment of hydrocephalus since time immemorial. As such, several case reports describing the complications of this procedure have been documented in the literature over the past ...

A 31-year-old female with a history of pseudotumor cerebri presented with headache and abdominal discomfort after placement of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt. The VP shunt was placed after prior failure and revision of a lumbar peritoneal shunt. Computed tomography demonstrated shunt migration into the subcutaneous tissue. Laparoscopy was used to reposition the VP shunt, directing the shunt ...

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage catheters have been associated with numerous complications in various anatomic locations, because of migration, infection, and obstruction. However, breast-related CSF shunt complications tend to occur infrequently or have seldom been reported in the empirical literature. Therefore, a case is presented detailing a breast pseudocyst caused by migration and subs...

first was a staphylococcus albus infection which arose in a primary ventriculoatrial shunt inserted in a 60-year-old patient who had developed hydrocephalus in association with a cystic tumour of the posterior fossa. The second was an Escherichia coli infection which occurred after a revision of the upper end of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in a 2-year-old child who had hydrocephalus caused by ...

OBJECTIVES Many parents of children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts present to the emergency department for evaluation of a possible shunt malfunction. No study to date has evaluated their ability to predict a shunt malfunction. Our study objective was to evaluate parents' accuracy for predicting a shunt malfunction in their child. We hypothesize that parents more experienced with prior shunt ...