Cato-Addison William Bentil, Strachan Roger
a Department of Neurosurgery , James Cook University Hospital , Middlesbrough , UK.
Br J Neurosurg. 2015;29(4):600-2. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1019420. Epub 2015 Mar 25.
A 20-year-old male with hydrocephalus managed with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP) was diagnosed with a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pleural effusion. Imaging studies revealed an intrathoracic course of a disconnected VP shunt. Physicians should consider CSF effusion in their differential diagnosis in patients with a VP shunt and an unexplained pleural effusion.
一名通过脑室腹腔分流术(VP)治疗脑积水的20岁男性被诊断为脑脊液(CSF)胸腔积液。影像学检查显示VP分流管断开并进入胸腔。对于患有VP分流管且出现不明原因胸腔积液的患者,医生在鉴别诊断时应考虑脑脊液积液。