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ArticleAfrican journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS

Intraperitoneal cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst with ventriculoperitoneal shunt.

Mohammad Sadegh Masoudi, Marziye Rasafian, Zahra Naghmehsanj, Fariborz Ghaffarpasand

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Article in African journal of paediatric surgery : AJPS. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Management of sterile abdominal pseudocysts in the context of ventriculoperitoneal shunts: a systematic review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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Mohammad Sadegh MasoudiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Marziye RasafianDepartment of Neurosurgery, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Zahra NaghmehsanjDepartment of Neurosurgery, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fariborz GhaffarpasandDepartment of Neurosurgery, Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting is mostly used in the treatment of hydrocephalus and many complications have been reported with this method. Abdominal Pseudocyst (APC) are relatively uncommon but important complications in patients with VP shunts. We herein report the case of a 9-year-old boy with VP shunt who presented with abdominal distension, abdominal pain, malaise, and decrease of appetite. Abdominal pelvic computed tomography confirmed a diagnosis of APC. Laparotomy was done and VP shunt was placed into the other side of peritoneal cavity again. Also here, etiology, presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of APC were reviewed.

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Cerebrospinal FluidVentriculoperitoneal ShuntChildCystsDrainageHumansHydrocephalusMalePeritoneal CavityAbdominal pseudocystcerebrospinal fluidcomplicationventriculoperitoneal shunt

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PMID29557353
PMCPMC5881288

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