Engelhard H H, Miller F B
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville, Ky.
South Med J. 1992 Aug;85(8):851-2. doi: 10.1097/00007611-199208000-00014.
Patients treated with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt procedures for hydrocephalus may have abdominal pain related to complications stemming from the shunt tubing itself or to other intra-abdominal disease. In patients with VP shunts, usually children, lack of absorption of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may produce a painful abdominal CSF pseudocyst. We have reported the rare occurrence of a CSF pseudocyst in an adult. The patient was also found to have cholelithiasis.
