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01-09-2006 | Case Report

Sterile ascites from a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Michael L. DiLuna, Michele H. Johnson, Wenya Linda Bi, Veronica L. Chiang, Charles C. Duncan

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 9/2006

Abstract

Background

Symptomatic, sterile cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) ascites is a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt surgery. To date, reports in the literature have linked this unusual circumstance to various intra-abdominal, CNS, or nonspecific inflammatory causes.

Case report

We present the case of a four-year-old boy with a recently fenestrated arachnoid cyst and VP shunt, who presented with sudden-onset, sterile CSF ascites. The ascites resolved with conversion of the preexisting VP shunt to a ventriculoatrial shunt.

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Title: Sterile ascites from a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Michael L. DiLuna
Michele H. Johnson
Wenya Linda Bi
Veronica L. Chiang
Charles C. Duncan
Publication date: 01-09-2006
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 9/2006
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0054-2

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Sterile ascites from a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report and review of the literature

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Case report

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