Migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the lung by passing through the liver and the diaphragm
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Chest Imaging - Case Report 2016

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

Diagn Interv Radiol 2009;15(1):19-21
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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.

Keywords: ventriculoperitoneal shunt, migration, liver, lung