Fatal Tumor Hemorrhage After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting. Case Report

H. W. S. Schroeder; W.-R. Niendorf; G. Schwesinger; M. R. Gaab

doi:10.1055/s-2007-979750

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Neuropediatrics 1995; 26(3): 177-179
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-979750

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Fatal Tumor Hemorrhage After Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting. Case Report

H. W. S. Schroeder¹ , W.-R. Niendorf¹ , G. Schwesinger² , M. R. Gaab¹

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Greifswald University, Germany,
²Department of Pathology, Greifswald University, Germany

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Publication Date:
19 April 2007 (online)

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Abstract

We report a fatal tumor hemorrhage in a 1-and-a-half-year old girl after ventriculoperitoneal shunting for obstructive hydrocephalus caused by a thalamic tumor. The possible pathophysiological mechanism is briefly discussed and the literature is reviewed.

Key words

Astrocytoma - Tumor hemorrhage - Ventricular shunting - Hydrocephalus

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