Migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm
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Chest Imaging - Case Report 2016
P: 19-21
March 2009

Migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm

Diagn Interv Radiol 2009;15(1):19-21
1. Departments of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
2. From the Departments of Neurosurgery, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
3. Department of Radiology, Dicle University, School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
4. Departments of Radiology, Dicle University School of Medicine, Diyarbakır, Turkey
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Received Date: 05.09.2007
Accepted Date: 03.12.2007
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ABSTRACT

Thoracic complications are rare after shunt placement for drainage of cerebrospinal fluid to treat hydrocephalus. We report a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter that migrated into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm. To our knowledge, there is no previously published report of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt that has migrated into the lung by a transdiaphragmatic and transhepatic route.