Migration of Distal Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter into the Pulmonary Artery

A 50-year-old man presented with an abdominal bulge 2 years after receiving a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt for hydrocephalus. Chest radiography revealed that the peritoneal end of the catheter had migrated into the right pulmonary artery. Exploration through a small neck incision revealed that th...

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Main Authors: Ryugo, Masahiro, Imagawa, Hiroshi, Nagashima, Mitsugi, Shikata, Fumiaki, Hashimoto, Naoki, Kawachi, Kanji
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Editorial Committee of Annals of Vascular Diseases 2009
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Case Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3595750/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23555358
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3400/avd.AVDcr08038
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