ArticleJournal of neurosciences in rural practice2015
Vaginal extrusion of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt catheter in an adult.
Article in Journal of neurosciences in rural practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- A systematic review of surgical treatments of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH).Neurosurgical review · 2021Pooled it
- Anal Extrusion of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Distal Catheter: A Case Report and Literature ReviewCurrent medical imaging · 2025Review
- Transvaginal Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts in Children: Review of Literature.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2022Review
- Evidence for increased intraabdominal pressure as a cause of recurrent migration of the distal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2021Article
- Tetraventricular noncommunicating hydrocephalus: Case report and literature review.Surgical neurology international · 2021Review
- Commentary.Journal of neurosciences in rural practice · 2015Article
- A Rare Cause of Vaginal Foreign Body: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Migration.Journal of pediatric neurosciencesArticle
- Abnormal Migration and Extrusion of Abdominal End of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt: An Experience of Eight Cases.Journal of pediatric neurosciencesArticle
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Abstract
Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts (VPS) are commonly used in the treatment of various neurosurgical conditions, including hydrocephalus and pseudotumor cerebri. We report only the second case of vaginal extrusion of a VPS catheter in an adult, and the first case with a modern VPS silastic peritoneal catheter. A 45-year-old female with a history of VPS for pseudotumor cerebri, Behcet's syndrome, and hysterectomy presented to our institution with the chief complaint of tubing protruding from her vagina after urination. On gynecologic examination, the patient was found to have approximately 15 cm of VPS catheter protruding from her vaginal apex. A computed tomography scan of the abdomen and shunt X-ray series demonstrated no breaks in the tubing, but also confirmed the finding of the VPS catheter extruding through the vaginal cuff into the vagina. The patient had the VPS removed and an external ventricular drain was placed for temporary cerebrospinal fluid diversion. Ventricular catheter cultures were positive for diphtheroids. After an appropriate course of antibiotics, a contralateral ventriculo-pleural shunt was placed one week later. Although vary rare, vaginal extrusion can occur in adults, even with modern VPS catheters.
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