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- Title
Transoral migration of peritoneal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunt with perforation of gastro-esophageal junction: a case report of a rare complication.
- Authors
Gupta, R.; Mala, T. A.; Gupta, A.; Paul, R.; Malla, S. A.; Gupta, A. K.
- Abstract
A rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is presented. A 11-year old boy presented with a tube coming out of the mouth. He had multiple VP shunt done earlier. Clinical features, laboratory investigations and imaging studies showed that the peritoneal end had perforated the gastro-oesophageal junction and then prolapsed trans-orally. The shunt was removed and he made an uneventful recovery. Though migration of the peritoneal end of the shunt tube into various organs is known, to our knowledge, only six/seven cases have been reported in the English literature of a shunt tube coming out of the mouth and this is the next. The management of this very rare problem is discussed.
- Subjects
ESOPHAGOGASTRIC junction; SURGICAL complications; SURGICAL anastomosis; ORAL diseases; JUVENILE diseases; SURGERY
- Publication
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 4, p492
- ISSN
2223-4721
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.3329/bjms.v13i4.20654