ABDOMINAL COMPLICATIONS OF VENTRICULO-PER ITONEAL SHUNTS

Authors
DUSSAUSSOIS L RYPENS F DETEMMERMAN D STRUYVEN J AVNI EF
Citation
L. Dussaussois et al., ABDOMINAL COMPLICATIONS OF VENTRICULO-PER ITONEAL SHUNTS, Journal de radiologie, 77(5), 1996, pp. 357-361
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Journal de radiologie → ACNP
ISSN journal
02210363
Volume
77
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
357 - 361
Database
ISI
SICI code
0221-0363(1996)77:5<357:ACOVIS>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Three cases of abdominal complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunts are reported. Abdominal pseudocysts were identified in 2 patients (sur infection was proven in one of them). Malposition of the shunt was dem onstrated for the third patient. Ultrasound was the most helpful imagi ng technique for the detection of these abdominal complications. Abdom inal computed tomography confirmed the sonographic findings before the patients were reoperated.