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We describe the case of a child in whom proximal migration of the peritoneal catheter and extrusion of the ventricular catheter resulted in the entire ventriculo-peritoneal shunt along with the shunt chamber (Orbis Sigma II valve) lying in a sub-galeal pocket in the occipital region in a tightly coiled fashion. This coiling was very similar in appearance to that of the pre-insertion shunt in the packaging when it is supplied; hence it is postulated that the migration was secondary to retained ’memory’ of the shunt tubing. This is a rare complication of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, which has not been described before.
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Received: 8 March 1999
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Dominguez, C., Tyagi, A., Hall, G. et al. Sub-galeal coiling of the proximal and distal components of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt An unusual complication and proposed mechanism. Child's Nerv Syst 16, 493–495 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00007294
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00007294