AJR. American journal of roentgenology
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AJR Am J Roentgenol · Nov 2009
ReviewIntraabdominal complications secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunts: CT findings and review of the literature.
The purpose of our study was to evaluate the abdominopelvic CT findings of various intraabdominal complications secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunts for hydrocephalus and to review the literature. ⋯ On abdominopelvic CT, various intraabdominal complications secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunt were shown, of which, shunt infection was the most common, followed by CSF pseudocyst, abscess, and infected fluid collection.