Brain abscess - An unusual complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt
| Autor: | Paritosh Pandey, A.K. Mahapatra, Avinish Singh, Ashish Suri |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Ventriculo peritoneal shunt business.industry Brain Abscess medicine.disease Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Craniopharyngioma Surgery Hydrocephalus Shunt (medical) Central nervous system disease Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Ventriculitis Humans Child Tomography X-Ray Computed Complication business Brain abscess |
| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 70:833-834 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 0019-5456 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf02723809 |
| Popis: | The authors report a case of a 10-year-old boy, who was operated for a craniopharyngioma with hydrocephalus. He succumbed to delayed development of brain abscess and its consequence, secondary to incompletely treated shunt tract infection. This unfortunate complication developed, despite the fact that conventional steps (removal of VP shunt and intravenous antibiotics) recommended for the treatment of VP shunt infection were adopted. The pathogenesis, management and review of literature of this extremely rare clinical entity is presented. |
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