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Homozygous Achondroplasia With Long‐Term Survival: Growth Patterns, Medical Interventions, and Practice Implications

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, Volume 200, Issue 6, Page 1372-1377, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Homozygous achondroplasia is widely considered perinatal lethal by the medical community. In this case series, we report two children from a single family with longer‐term survival. One child lived for 17 months and the other was 60 months at the time of publication.
Hannah Singerline, Jason Laufman, Kimberly Wallis, Michelle Merrill   +3 more
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Fracture into the Abdominal Cavity and the Presence of A Retroauricular Pseudocyst Are Diagnostic of A Partial Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Dysfunction

Acta Medica Bulgarica
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is frequently observed, with the ventriculoperitoneal shunt fracture being a prevalent etiology. The occurrence of ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction is approximately 40% in the first year after implantation and
Bal’afif F., Wibowo O., Nazwar T. A., Wardhana D. W., Mustofa M.   +4 more
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Scrotal migration of ventriculoperitoneal catheter and hydrocele resolving spontaneously

Indian Journal of Neurosurgery, 2012
Shunt migration is a rare, but reported complication of ventriculoperitoneal shunt and migration of the same through the processus vaginalis is known.
Raghu Sampally Ramareddy, Anand Alladi
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Scrotal migration of ventriculoperitoneal shunt [PDF]

BMJ Case Reports, 2014
A 1-year-old male child with type II Chiari malformation who underwent ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt placement 11 months ago presented with right scrotal swelling. Frontal radiograph of the chest and abdomen (figure 1) showed the shunt tube in the abdomen which was twisted and kinked in its mid portion and its distal end coiled in the right scrotum.
Balasubramanyam, Shankar, Ramakrishna, Narayanan, Samir Mustaffa, Paruthikunnan, Chaitanya Dattatray, Kulkarni   +3 more
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Anal Extrusion of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, 2019
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) placement is an effective and most frequently used surgical method in the treatment of hydrocephalus, but the mechanical and infective complications are often seen after this surgical procedure. Bowel perforation after VPS surgery is rarely seen complication that is reported ranging between 0.1% and 0.7% in the ...
Omer Furkan, Turkis, Ali, Karadag, Erik H, Middlebrooks, Mehmet, Senoglu   +3 more
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Introducer-Free Mis-Assisted Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement: A Technical Document

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal, 2022
Background: The placement of the distal catheter of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VPS) can be challenging in patients with a large body habitus. Given the complications associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunts and known infection risk of obese ...
Eric X. Chen, Patrick J. Opperman, Edson deOliveira, Priscila R. Armijo, Vishal Kothari, Daniel L.. Surdell   +5 more
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Early‐Onset Medullocervical Low‐Grade Glioma With FGFR1 Mutation and Leptomeningeal Spread in an Infant: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Pediatric low‐grade gliomas (PLGGs) are generally slow‐growing tumors associated with favorable long‐term outcomes. However, their occurrence in early infancy is rare, particularly when arising in the posterior fossa with extensive dissemination and hydrocephalus.
Thaer A. Tumar, Mahdi W. Suboh, Mones H. Atatre, Hanin Shatrit, Qais M. Alnjoom   +4 more
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Fetal Brain Tumor Harboring a Unique ROCK1::BRAF Fusion

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, Volume 73, Issue 7, July 2026.
Marllon Cindra Sant'Ana, Mariana Maschietto, Daniela Paz Leal, Ricardo de Santos de Oliveira, Mayara Ferreira Euzébio, Antonio Carlos dos Santos, Luciano Neder, Carlos Alberto Scrideli, Elvis Terci Valera   +8 more
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Candidal infections of ventriculoperitoneal shunts

Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2009
Although ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunt infection is a common complication of shunt procedures, fungal infection is considered to be rare. In the present study, we performed retrospective analysis of six cases in which candida infection occurred. In all these six cases, VP shunt was performed in children for hydrocephalus and the onset of symptoms ...
Baradkar, V. P., Mathur, M., Sonavane, A., Kumar, S.   +3 more
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Peritoneal metastasis of a cerebellar medulloblastoma through a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: A case report

Radiology Case Reports
Medulloblastoma is a frequent and aggressive pediatric tumor. It causes intracranial hypertension, necessitating ventriculoperitoneal shunting with surgical resection.
Ranya Aqamour, Mohammed Leknani, Siham Nasri, Imane Kamaoui, Imane Skiker   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source