Cerebrospinal fluid leakage from the umbilicus: Case report and literature review

Dolas İ., Apaydin H. O., Yucetas S. C., Ucar M. D., Kilinc S., Ucler N.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY CASE REPORTS, cilt.20, ss.60-62, 2016 (ESCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 20
  • Basım Tarihi: 2016
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ijscr.2015.12.052
  • Dergi Adı: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY CASE REPORTS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.60-62
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Umbilical fistula, Ventriculoperitoneal shunt, Hydrocephalus, VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT, CSF FISTULA, RARE COMPLICATION
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

INTRODUCTION: Shunt catheters within the peritoneal cavity have migrated through and perforated almost all the intra-abdominal hollow viscera. An umbilical cerebrospinal fluid fistula following a ventriculoperitoneal shunt is an extremely rare complication.