Case Report
Intestinal Obstruction Due to Adhesions around VP Shunt Tip in a Case of Pyogenic Meningitis
| Priyanka Arora*, Gayatri Madhukar Autkar, Shephali Shrikant Pawar, Ajay Kumar and Avinash A Gutte | |
| Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J Group of Hospitals Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | |
| Corresponding Author : | Priyanka Arora Grant Government Medical College and Sir J.J group of Hospitals Mumbai Maharashtra, India Tel: +919167302587 E-mail: prankie18feb@gmail.com |
| Received October 07, 2014; Accepted November 18, 2014; Published November 21, 2014 | |
| Citation:Priyanka Arora, Gayatri Madhukar Autkar, Ajay Kumar, Shephali Shrikant Pawar, Avinash A Gutte (2014) Intestinal Obstruction Due to Adhesions around VP Shunt Tip in a Case of Pyogenic Meningitis. OMICS J Radiol 3:172. doi: 10.4172/2167-7964.1000172 | |
| Copyright: © 2014 Arora P, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
Small bowel obstruction caused by adhesions around the VP shunt is a rare and severe complication of the shunt which may require laparotomy and resection of bowel. We report a case in which small bowel obstruction was caused by adhesions around the VP shunt.
