Turkish Neurosurgery
1991 , Vol 2 , Num 1
MIGRATION OF THE PERITONEAL CATHETER OF A VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT INTO THE SCROTUM: CASE REPORT
Erciyes University Medical Faculty. Department of Neurosurgery KAYSERİ
Migration of a peritoneal catheter of the shunt system into the scrotum was encountered in a seven-month-old who had received a V-P shunt. This was considered a rare complication of a V-P shunt and the causal mechanism of this kind of complication is discussed with a review of the literature.
Keywords :
Hydrocephalus. Peritoneal catheter migration, Scrotum, Ventriculoperitoneal shunt