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Kawahara, T., Yanagi, M., Hirano, H., & Arita, K. (2015). Intra-bronchial migration of peritoneal catheter of lumboperitoneal shunt. Surgical neurology international, 6167. https://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.168314
Kawahara, Takashi, et al. "Intra-bronchial migration of peritoneal catheter of lumboperitoneal shunt." Surgical neurology international vol. 6 (2015): 167. doi: https://doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.168314
Kawahara T, Yanagi M, Hirano H, Arita K. Intra-bronchial migration of peritoneal catheter of lumboperitoneal shunt. Surg Neurol Int. 2015 Oct 27;6:167. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.168314. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26962468; PMCID: PMC4629313.
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Surg Neurol Int. 2015 Oct 27;6:167. doi: 10.4103/2152-7806.168314. eCollection 2015.

Intra-bronchial migration of peritoneal catheter of lumboperitoneal shunt.

Surgical neurology international

Takashi Kawahara, Masakazu Yanagi, Hirofumi Hirano, Kazunori Arita

Affiliations

  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
  2. Department of Respiratory Surgery, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.

PMID: 26962468 PMCID: PMC4629313 DOI: 10.4103/2152-7806.168314

Abstract

BACKGROUND: A rare case of intra-bronchial migration of peritoneal catheter of lumboperitoneal (LP) shunt was treated under the bronchoscopic and fluoroscopic observation.

CASE DESCRIPTION: A 71-year-old man, who underwent LP shunt installation due to idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus a year before, presented with history of high fever and sputum production. Roentgenography and computed tomography of the chest revealed migration of distal end of the peritoneal catheter into the left main bronchus. Migrated catheter was gently extracted through the abdominal wound incision under the bronchoscopic and fluoroscopic observation. Contrast material infused into the catheter did not spread into the pleural cavity. The patient was free of the symptoms within 2 postoperative weeks. Moreover, he underwent the ventriculo-peritoneal shunt surgery 1-month later.

CONCLUSION: This is the first case of the migration of peritoneal catheter of LP shunt into the main bronchus.

Keywords: Bronchial migration; contrast medium injection; lumboperitoneal shunt

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