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Broken intracranial shunt

Case contributed by Hidayatullah Hamidi
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Infant with vomiting. CT is advised to rule out VP shunt displacement.

Patient Data

Age: 3 years
Gender: Male
ct

Discontinuity of VP shunt in the extra-cranial subcutaneous portion of the right lower parietal region.

Two separate parts of VP shunt are seen in the cranial fossa.

Chronic dilatation of lateral ventricles with peri-ventricular white matter loss.

The 3rd and 4th ventricles are not markedly dilated.

Case Discussion

Broken intracranial shunt is a rare entity.

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