Sterile ascites from a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report and review of the literature

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1187-1193

  DiLuna, Michael L ^a   Johnson, Michele H ^a   Bi, Wenya Linda ^a   Chiang, Veronica L ^a   Duncan, Charles C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachnoid cyst; Ascites; Hydrocephalus; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ASCITES FLUID ANALYSIS; BRAIN ARACHNOID CYST; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FENESTRATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORENCEPHALY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VENTRICULOATRIAL SHUNT;

ARACHNOID CYSTS; ASCITES; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT; VENTRICULOSTOMY;

EID: 33748155783     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0054-2     Document Type: Article

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