Symptomatic pleural effusion without intrathoracic migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter
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- 作者：A. A. Adeolu ; E. O. Komolafe ; A. A. Abiodun and V. A. Adetiloye
- 关键词：Ventriculoperitoneal shunt ; Hydrothorax ; Pseudocyst ; Shunt review
- 刊名：Child's Nervous System
- 出版时间：February 2006
- 出版年：2006
- 期刊代码：31_0256-7040
- 类别：med
- 卷：22
- 期：2
- 页码：186-188
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
Background Symptomatic pleural effusion following ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt insertion is very rare. The patient was an 8-year-old girl who had VP shunt for hydrocephalus as a result of aqueductal stenosis. Six weeks after surgery, she presented with headache, vomiting and drowsiness. She developed respiratory distress with pain in the right lower chest region and right hypochondrium on admission.