A ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter wrapped around a right mammary prosthesis forming a pseudocyst

作者：Chu Y T; Chuang H C^*; Lee H C; Cho D Y

来源：Journal of Clinical Neuroscience, 2010, 17(6): 801-803.

DOI：10.1016/j.jocn.2009.10.021

• Cerebrospinal fluid
• Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
• Migration
• Pseudocyst
• Prosthesis

Breast cerebrospinal fluid pseudocysts are a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunting. It is very unusual for the peritoneal catheter of a shunt to become wrapped around a prosthesis a previously augmented breast. Three previously reported patients developed an enlarging breast lump and were diagnosed with shunt migration around the prosthesis. Our patient underwent bilateral breast augmentation and subsequently a VP shunt. We observed on frequent follow-up chest X-rays performed for pneumonia and mechanical ventilation that the peritoneal catheter had gradually wrapped around her prosthesis. She developed a progressively enlarging breast lump which resolved with drainage of the cerebrospinal fluid collection and revision of the VP shunt.

• 出版日期2010-6
• 单位中国医科大学