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Query: UMLS:C0000727 (
acute abdomen
)
3,084
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
This paper presents a four-year-old Nigerian male child who developed volvulus of the small intestine three years after the successful establishment of ventriculo-peritoneal shunt for his
hydrocephalus
. There is only one other report in the literature of this complication. In view of the increasing use of ventriculo-peritoneal CSF diversion for
hydrocephalus
, it is necessary to be aware of the rare and unusual cause of an
acute abdomen
.
...
PMID:Occurrence of volvulus with intestinal obstruction after ventriculo-peritoneal CSF diversion: a case report. 123 92
