TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of Malpositioned VP Shunt Catheter by Radionuclide CSF Cisternography
AU - Jo, Nahyun
AU - Edhayan, Gautam
AU - Owji, Shahin
AU - Villanueva-Meyer, Javier
AU - Bhargava, Peeyush
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PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - A 37-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of abdominal pain, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and leukocytosis. Medical history includes congenital hydrocephalus, with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placed several years ago. Radionuclide cerebrospinal fluid cisternography shows curvilinear activity in the abdomen, in the pattern of small and large bowel loops, suggesting that the tip of the catheter is inside a small bowel loop. No activity is seen in the intraperitoneal compartment. CT of the abdomen and pelvis followed by laparoscopic surgery confirmed the findings.
AB - A 37-year-old man presented with a 2-week history of abdominal pain, headaches, nausea, vomiting, and leukocytosis. Medical history includes congenital hydrocephalus, with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt placed several years ago. Radionuclide cerebrospinal fluid cisternography shows curvilinear activity in the abdomen, in the pattern of small and large bowel loops, suggesting that the tip of the catheter is inside a small bowel loop. No activity is seen in the intraperitoneal compartment. CT of the abdomen and pelvis followed by laparoscopic surgery confirmed the findings.
KW - cisternography
KW - shuntogram
KW - ventriculoperitoneal shunt
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U2 - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004525
DO - 10.1097/RLU.0000000000004525
M3 - Article
C2 - 36723893
AN - SCOPUS:85147317563
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 48
SP - E110-E111
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 3
ER -