Intracranial dislocation of a lumbo-peritoneal shunt-catheter: Case reportand review of the literature

Citation
Ei. Anthogalidis et al., Intracranial dislocation of a lumbo-peritoneal shunt-catheter: Case reportand review of the literature, CLIN NEUROL, 101(3), 1999, pp. 203-206
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology
Journal title
CLINICAL NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY
ISSN journal
03038467 → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
203 - 206
Database
ISI
SICI code
0303-8467(199909)101:3<203:IDOALS>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We report on the dislocation of the tip of a lumbo-peritoneal shunting cath eter into the cerebral parenchyma 10 months after insertion. The progressiv e migration towards the deep structures of the brain, once the catheter had left the peritoneal cavity, might have been caused by CSF-flow. Such hypot hesis is supported by modern MRI technology Visualizing CSF-flow in a spine -cerebral direction. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.