Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection

Given the high rate of hardware infection seen due to ventriculoperitoneal shunts, radiographic changes near the shunt system are most often concerning for infectious etiology. We present a patient who developed an intracranial neoplasm along the proximal shunt cather that was initially radiographic...

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Main Authors: Matthew Amarante, Pouya Entezami, Kavita Umrau, Junichi Yamamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-03-01
Series:Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918301774