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Cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax caused by transdiaphragmatic migration of a ventriculoperitoneal catheter through the foramen of Bochdalek

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Cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax is a very rare complication following ventriculoperitoneal shunting. The authors report a case of a 3-year-old girl who developed cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax (caused by migration of the intra-abdominal catheter through the right vertebrocostal trigone of Bochdalek, the one most unlikely to be congenitally patent) and respiratory distress. The patient was successfully treated with thoracocentesis and shunt revision.

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4AD, UK, Fax: (44) 1924-81 48 64, , , , , , GB

    Lee M. Martin, Marcia E. Donaldson-Hugh & M. M. Cameron

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Received: 15 May 1996

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Martin, L., Donaldson-Hugh, M. & Cameron, M. Cerebrospinal fluid hydrothorax caused by transdiaphragmatic migration of a ventriculoperitoneal catheter through the foramen of Bochdalek. Child's Nerv Syst 13, 282–284 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050084

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