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ArticleSurgical neurology international2021

Thoracic abscess due to unusual migration of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt and literature review.

Christine Milena Sayore, Mustapha Hemama, Francois de Paule Kossi Adjiou, Michele Yollande Moune, Safa Sabur, Nizare El Fatemi, Rachid El Maaqili

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Article in Surgical neurology international, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Christine Milena SayoreDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco.
Mustapha HemamaDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco.
Francois de Paule Kossi AdjiouDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco.
Michele Yollande MouneDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco.
Safa SaburDepartment of thoracic surgery, Chu Ibn Sina Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
Nizare El FatemiDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco.
Rachid El MaaqiliDepartment of Neurosurgery, CHU Ibn Sina Rabat, Morocco.
Centre Hospitalier Ibn Sina · MAStony Brook University · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThoracic complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) cerebrospinal fluid shunting are rare and the diagnosis is difficult without neurological impairment. CASE DESCRIPTION: We report a case of a 36-year-old woman who had a VP shunt in the right side when she was 13 years for a posterior fossa ependymoma and hydrocephalus. 23 years after surgery, she developed acute yellowfish cough and sputum, and the computed tomography scan found an intrathoracic cyst. She had a thoracotomy for the cyst and during surgery, we found the peritoneal catheter of the VP shunt, with a collected abscess in the left side. The patient was treated for the abscess and the VP shunt was removed. We also review the literature cases of thoracic complications after VP shunts.

conclusionThoracic abscess due to VP shunt migration is extremely rare and could happen after a long time delay VP shunt surgery.

Indexed as

AbscessMigrationPleuralPseudocystThoracicVentriculoperitoneal shunt

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PMID34621582
PMCPMC8492440
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