Inguinal Extrusion of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.03.041.
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Abstract
Complications of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts include migration into various anatomic compartments and even extrusion through tissue layers. A 31-year-old female patient with a VP shunt presented with distal shunt tubing extruding through the skin at the level of the inguinal ligament. Shunt hardware was removed, and cultures grew Dermacoccus. The patient was treated with broad-spectrum antibiotics and underwent placement of a lumboperitoneal shunt. Dermacoccus is a gram-positive skin organism with rare human pathogenicity and not previously known to cause shunt infections.
Medical subject headings
- Foreign-Body Migration
- Infections
- Postoperative Complications
- Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt