Advances in pediatric surgery
- Volume 13 Issue 2
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- Pages.212-216
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- 2007
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- 2635-8778(pISSN)
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- 2635-8786(eISSN)
An Incidentally Detected Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Catheter in the Scrotum
소아 음낭 내에서 우연히 발견된 뇌실-복강 단락술 도관 1예
- Moon, Suk-Bae (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital) ;
- Lee, Seong-Cheol (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital) ;
- Jung, Sung-Eun (Department of Pediatric Surgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital)
- Received : 2007.08.22
- Accepted : 2007.10.30
- Published : 2007.12.31
Abstract
Migration of a peritoneal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt into the scrotum is a rare complication. We treated a case of catheter migration in the scrotum. A 12-year old boy, who had had a ventriculoperitoneal shunt at the age of 4 months due to neonatal hydrocephalus, visited the outpatient clinic because of a right inguinal hernia. On physical examination, a firm mass was found in the left scrotum. Pelvic X-ray demonstrated a coiled catheter in the left scrotum. The catheter was successfully removed by exploring the left patent processus vaginalis after high ligation of the hernia sac. This case suggests a suction action of the patent processus vaginalis and the possibility of catheter migration long after shunt catheter insertion.