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Scholars Journal of Medical Case Reports | Volume-5 | Issue-05
Recurrent cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst: A rare case and its treatment
Apoorva Kulkarni, Abhaya Gupta, Vishesh Dikshit, Paras Kothari, Shahaji Deshmukh
Published: May 30, 2017 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2017.v05i05.010
Pages: 327-329
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Abstract
Pseudocyst formation is a rare complication after Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts. The abdomen has a tendency to get colonized by organisms repeatedly. Our 10 month old patient had developed a CSF pseudocyst after VP shunt surgery, for which cyst excision with shunt replacement was done. This child again came with abdominal pain and distension 3 months after surgery. Investigations revealed a recurrence of pseudocyst. The cyst was re-excised and abdominal end of shunt placed retro-splenic. The patient has not had a recurrence since then.