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Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst presenting as a hepatic mass: a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt

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The case of a 3-year-old male child is reported who had a history of congenital hydrocephalus, treated by VP shunting. Severe complications with VP shunting are rare, but in this case the shunt had apparently perforated the liver, causing a pseudocyst to form and subsequent hepatomegaly. The shunt was revised surgically and the pseudocyst resected.

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  1. J. H. Miller M.D.

    Present address: Division of Nuclear Radiology, Childrens Hospital of Los Angeles, P.O. Box 54700, 90054-0700, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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  1. Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Irvine, Orange

    F. Wang

  2. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    J. H. Miller M.D.

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Wang, F., Miller, J.H. Cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst presenting as a hepatic mass: a complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt. Pediatr Radiol 19, 326–327 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02467305

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