Fibrothorax in adulthood caused by a cerebrospinal fluid shunt in the treatment of hydrocephalus

Autor:	Tanveer Ahmed, Khan, Joseph F, Khalil-Marzouk
Rok vydání:	2008
Předmět:	Adult Pleural Effusion Humans Pleura Female Fibrosis Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Hydrocephalus
Zdroj:	Journal of neurosurgery. 109(3)
ISSN:	0022-3085
Popis:	Ventriculopleural shunts have been used as an alternative to ventriculoperitoneal shunts in the treatment of hydrocephalus. Although recurrent pleural effusion is a known complication of this procedure, severe fibrothorax requiring decortication has been described only once, in a case involving a child. The authors report a case of a severe fibrothorax with an entrapped lung presenting in an adult patient.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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