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18.04.2016 | Images in Infection
Early ventriculoperitoneal shunt infection
verfasst von:
Emilio Pintor, Maria Jose Gutierrez, Pedro Gargantilla, Benjamín Herreros
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Infection
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Ausgabe 5/2016
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Excerpt
An 82-year-old man suffering from normotensive hydrocephalus underwent ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement 1 month before. He presented with a 2–3 days history of inflammatory signs and symptoms over skin shunt pathway from right supraclavicular fossa to abdominal wall next to the navel. He had got no fever, headache, nauseas, vomiting or neurological symptomatology. …