Touho H, Nakauchi M, Tasawa T, Nakagawa J, Karasawa J
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka Neurological Institute, Japan.
Neurosurgery. 1987 Aug;21(2):258-9. doi: 10.1227/00006123-198708000-00027.
The intrahepatic migration of a peritoneal shunt tube of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt system (low pressure Pudenz valve and low pressure Pudenz peritoneal catheter) is reported. This is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunting and was diagnosed by metrizamide shuntography and abdominal computed tomography. To our knowledge, this is the second case complicated with migration of a peritoneal shunt tube into the liver.
