Spontaneous Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Into the Right Heart and Pulmonary Vasculature

Sharmitha Yerneni, BS; Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc; Ethan J. Rowin, MD; Sherif B. Labib, MD; Inbar R. McCarthy, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2024)

Spontaneous Migration of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Into the Right Heart and Pulmonary Vasculature

Sharmitha Yerneni, BS,
Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc,
Ethan J. Rowin, MD,
Sherif B. Labib, MD,
Inbar R. McCarthy, MD

Affiliations

Sharmitha Yerneni, BS: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Frederic S. Resnic, MD, MSc: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
Ethan J. Rowin, MD: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
Sherif B. Labib, MD: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
Inbar R. McCarthy, MD: Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA; Address for correspondence: Dr Inbar R. McCarthy, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, 41 Mall Road, Burlington, Massachusetts 01805, USA.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 13
p. 102376

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A 73-year-old woman with ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt presented for stress echocardiogram for evaluation of chest pain. Transthoracic echocardiogram revealed an incidental right heart mass representing a migrated VP shunt. This case highlights the role of multimodality cardiac imaging in diagnosing right heart masses and the multidisciplinary approach to management.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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