Invasion of a peritoneal catheter into the inferior vena cava: report of a unique case

F Haralampopoulos; H Iliadis; S Karniadakis; D Koutentakis

doi:10.1016/0090-3019(96)00052-3

Invasion of a peritoneal catheter into the inferior vena cava: report of a unique case

Surg Neurol. 1996 Jul;46(1):21-2. doi: 10.1016/0090-3019(96)00052-3.

Authors

F Haralampopoulos¹, H Iliadis, S Karniadakis, D Koutentakis

Affiliation

¹ Neurosurgery Department, Venizelion Hospital, Crete, Greece.

PMID: 8677482
DOI: 10.1016/0090-3019(96)00052-3

Abstract

A case is reported in which the peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was found to have eroded into the inferior vena cava. It was working well, draining CSF, even through oriented against the flow of blood.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Injuries
Fatal Outcome
Female
Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
Humans
Vena Cava, Inferior / physiopathology*
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects*