Pleural effusion from intrathoracic migration of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter: pediatric case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Pleural effusion is a rare complication of ventriculo-peritoneal (VP) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunting and its diagnosis is difficult in patients with neurological and consciousness impairment. CASE REPORT: Herein we report the case of a child affected by Pfeiffer syndrome and hydrocep...

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Publicado en:Ital J Pediatr
Main Authors: Porcaro, Federica, Procaccini, Emidio, Paglietti, Maria Giovanna, Schiavino, Alessandra, Petreschi, Francesca, Cutrera, Renato
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5870185/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29587815
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13052-018-0480-2
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