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Radionuclide demonstration of ventriculoatrial shunt-cutaneous fistula with cerebrospinal fluid leak

✍ Scribed by Henry M. Goodgold; T. Forcht Dagi; John C. Harbert

Publisher: Springer
Year: 1984
Tongue: English
Weight: 268 KB
Volume: 9
Category: Article
ISSN: 0340-6997
DOI: 10.1007/bf00254348

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✦ Synopsis

Radionuclide techniques have commonly been used to assess ventriculovenous shunt function, cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, and for the diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid leaks. All of these techniques were utilized in this unusual case of retrograde migration of a ventriculoatrial catheter into the neck, with cutaneous fistulization and CSF leak.