Open AccessPeroral extrusion of the peritoneal catheter in an infant
Author(s) -
Mahesh Gupta,
Naseeb C Digra,
Narendra Shriram Sharma,
Subhash Goyal,
Amit Agrawal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.97214
Subject(s) - medicine , shunt (medical) , surgery , catheter , complication , bowel perforation , perforation , punching , materials science , metallurgy
Peroral extrusion of the distal end of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt tube is the potentially hazardous end result of a bowel perforation with only few case reports in the literature. The distal end of the peritoneal catheter got fractured in a 4-year-old child and it protruded out through the mouth. The cranial incision was opened and the shunt divided below the chamber. The ventricular end and the chamber and distal end were removed through this incision. In the present successfully managed case we review the current strategies in the management of such a rare complication and discuss the possible pathogenesis of this entity.