Adult hydrocoele complicating a lumboperitoneal shunt.

Br J Neurosurg

Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK.

Published: October 2011

We report an adult patient who developed a right-sided hydrocoele following a lumboperitoneal shunt. While hydrocoeles have been described as a rare complication following ventriculo- and lumboperitoneal shunts in children, we are unaware of any previously reported cases of hydrocoeles resulting from such shunts in adults.

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