Abstract
In this article, we discuss and classify breast-related ventriculoperitoneal (VP) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) shunt complications, and provide a literature review. Shunt complications related to pre-existing breast implants comprise nearly half of the breast-related shunt complications reported thus far. We present a complication of shunt failure in a 61-year-old woman who had previously undergone mastectomies for breast cancer with implant reconstruction. Following shunting, she developed headaches, fever, and right-sided breast swelling and erythma consequent to breast implant rupture, distal shunt migration, and CSF pseudocyst. This case is unique in that it involved rupture of a breast implant from VP shunt insertion. For complication avoidance, neurosurgeons should be aware of the potential pitfalls in shunting patients with breast implants.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 479-483 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Breast Journal |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2012 |
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Keywords
- breast
- hydrocephalus
- implant
- pseudocyst
- VP shunt
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Internal Medicine
- Oncology
- Surgery
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Breast-related CSF shunt complications : Literature review with illustrative case. / Schrot, Rudolph J.; Ramos-Boudreau, Christine; Boggan, James E.
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