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Passage of tube per rectum: an unusual complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt
Journal article

Passage of tube per rectum: an unusual complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt

A B Jamjoom, J N Rawlinson and J N Kirkpatrick
The British journal of clinical practice, Vol.44(11), pp.525-526
01/11/1990
PMID: 2282320

Abstract

Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - adverse effects Child, Preschool Colonic Diseases - etiology Diarrhea - etiology Humans Intestinal Perforation - etiology Male
A very rare complication of a ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt is reported. The peritoneal catheter perforated the colon of a two-year-old child, causing diarrhoea which was misdiagnosed as gastroenteritis. The diagnosis became obvious when the catheter was extruded from the child's anus.

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