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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2024; 19(04): 805-807
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1790291
Case Report

Multiple Shunt Catheter Tips Migration into an Inguinal Hernia in an Adult

Zuhdy Alsheik
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
,
Emil Margolin
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
,
Sharif Robin
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
,
Daniel Dykman
2   Department of Surgery A, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
,
Haim Ezer 
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Abstract

Although ventriculoperitoneal shunt tip migration into an inguinal hernia is considered common in children, while in adults it is quite rare. In fact, only a handful of cases have been reported in the literature. We report a rare case whereby two catheter tips (one from a lateral ventricle shunt and a second from a 4th ventricular shunt) migrated into an inguinal hernia. This migration caused distal shunt malfunction, and only distal catheter shortening and suturing to the abdominal wall caused the two shunts to function again.

Keywords

4th ventricle shunt - distal catheter - distal shunt malfunction - inguinal hernia - VP shunt


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Artikel online veröffentlicht:
10. September 2024

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