Scrotal mass: a rare complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove). 2011;54(2):81-2. doi: 10.14712/18059694.2016.24.

Abstract

Ventriculoperitoneal shunts are associated with multiple complications. Among them are disconnection and migration of the tubing into the peritoneal cavity. Here we describe a case of a fractured ventriculoperitoneal shunt which migrated and coiled in the scrotum, masquerading as a scrotal swelling. Removal of the shunt via a scrotal incision was performed concomitantly with repair of the hernia sac.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Equipment Failure*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
  • Hernia, Inguinal / complications
  • Hernia, Inguinal / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Scrotum*
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / adverse effects*
  • Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / instrumentation