Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection

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
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spelling doaj-bd207a5d2cfa4d9b93b7090b2dc159012020-11-25T02:33:11ZengElsevierInterdisciplinary Neurosurgery2214-75192019-03-01152729Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infectionMatthew Amarante0Pouya Entezami1Kavita Umrau2Junichi Yamamoto3Department of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA; Corresponding author at: Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Ave, MC-10W, Albany, NY 12208-3479, USA.Department of Pathology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USADepartment of Neurosurgery, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USAGiven 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 radiographically diagnosed as an infarct. Further imaging helped characterize the hypodensity seen on CT as a neoplasm and she underwent resection. This case demonstrates the need to maintain a wide-open differential diagnosis until all diagnostic tests are completed. Keywords: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS), Shunt infection, Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), Abscesshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918301774
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Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
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Pouya Entezami
Kavita Umrau
Junichi Yamamoto
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title Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
title_short Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
title_full Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
title_fullStr Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
title_full_unstemmed Ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
title_sort ventriculoperitoneal shunt catheter tract glioblastoma multiform concomitant to infection
publisher Elsevier
series Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
issn 2214-7519
publishDate 2019-03-01
description 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 radiographically diagnosed as an infarct. Further imaging helped characterize the hypodensity seen on CT as a neoplasm and she underwent resection. This case demonstrates the need to maintain a wide-open differential diagnosis until all diagnostic tests are completed. Keywords: Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS), Shunt infection, Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), Abscess
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214751918301774
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