Acta Medica (Jan 2011)

Scrotal Mass: A Rare Complication of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

  • Christopher C. K. Ho,
  • Wan Jasman Jamaludin,
  • Eng Hong Goh,
  • Praveen Singam,
  • Zulkifli Zainuddin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.24
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 54, no. 2
pp. 81 – 82

Abstract

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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.

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