Weird X-Ray Of The Week
Can anyone tell me what this is? (I’ll post the answer in the comments section).
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csf shunt displaced in young boy?
I am guessing some type of worm in a baby boy, but that's not exacting how I pictured the large intestines wrapping across the abdomen. So my non-medically trained guess is a worm in the intestines.
Given that the tag on the picture is “vpshunt.jpg”, the tube would indeed appear to be a displaced ventriculoperitoneal (csf to abdominal cavity) shunt. My guess would be that it has migrated into the scrotum via an indirect inguinal hernia.
NG tube laying on abd pre-placement
Thanks for all your smart comments – #1 Dino is the closest to the full story. Congrats, Dino! This is in fact a VP shunt tracking from the brain of a child with spina bifida into the peritoneal cavity, through an inguinal hernia and into the scrotum (which is distended with CSF). The shunt and hernia were repaired soon after the x-ray was taken.
Given that the tag on the picture is “vpshunt.jpg”, the tube would indeed appear to be a displaced ventriculoperitoneal (csf to abdominal cavity) shunt. My guess would be that it has migrated into the scrotum via an indirect inguinal hernia.
NG tube laying on abd pre-placement
Thanks for all your smart comments – #1 Dino is the closest to the full story. Congrats, Dino! This is in fact a VP shunt tracking from the brain of a child with spina bifida into the peritoneal cavity, through an inguinal hernia and into the scrotum (which is distended with CSF). The shunt and hernia were repaired soon after the x-ray was taken.
A plain film X-Ray of lower abdomen
Closure of a Secundum Atrial Septal Defect With a
Septal Occluder via a Transhepatic
Approach in a Small Infant