A ventriculoperitoneal shunt incidentally found in the stomach.
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SUBMITTER: Cohen-Addad DI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6138861 | biostudies-other | 2018 Dec
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A ventriculoperitoneal shunt incidentally found in the stomach.
Cohen-Addad Dan Isaac DI Hewitt Kevin K Bell Donnie D
Radiology case reports 20180913 6
We report a case of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt incidentally found within the stomach while the patient was undergoing a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. Among the complications of ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement, bowel perforation is rare a complication found in 0.01%-0.07% of cases, and typically occurs in premature infants and neonates [1]. To date, less than 100 such cases have been recorded of which only a few have appeared in the radiological literature. Here ...[more]
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