Unusual migration of the distal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the heart: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 819-822

  Frazier, James L ^a   Wang, Paul P ^a   Patel, Salil H ^a   Benson, Jane E ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Hoon Jr , Alexander H ^a   Avellino, Anthony M ^a,b   Chapman, Paul H ^c   Ellenbogen, Richard G ^c   Cohen, Alan R ^c   Sutton, Leslie N ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Heart; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNICATING HYDROCEPHALUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADOLESCENT; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HEART; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT;

EID: 0036765843     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200209000-00042     Document Type: Article

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