Round worm migration along ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract: a rare complication
Agarwal, P.; Malapure, S.M.; Gupta, R.; Mane, P.; Parelkar, S.; Oak, S.N.
Journal of Postgraduate Medicine 46(1): 37-38
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-3859 PMID: 10855079 Document Number: 264336
Though a ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been associated with myriads of unusual complications, so has been that with roundworms. A case of a three-year-old boy is presented who had an unusual complication of roundworm migration along the shunt tract that presented as shunt tract infection.
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