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A rare but life-threatening complication of ventriculo-atrial shunt.

[hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius]

Insertion of ventriculoperitoneal and ventriculoatrial shunts is routinely performed. Infarction pneumonia and atrial thrombus formation are described as very rare complications of ventriculoatrial shunts. We present the case of a female patient with ventriculoatrial shunt insertion as long term treatment for aequeductal stenosis who presented with recurrent episodes of dyspnoea, chest pain, and unilateral pleural effusion. Diagnostic evaluation revealed a positive D-dimer test, bilateral basal infiltrates and pleural effusion. Transesophageal echocardiography established the diagnosis of a thrombus in the right atrium. Laboratory testing for thrombophilia revealed a homozygous factor V Leiden mutation. In the following, a shunt revision was performed.

Diseases presenting "female patient" symptom

  • achondroplasia
  • adrenal incidentaloma
  • alexander disease
  • aniridia
  • aromatase deficiency
  • benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis
  • carcinoma of the gallbladder
  • coats disease
  • cohen syndrome
  • cowden syndrome
  • cushing syndrome
  • cutaneous mastocytosis
  • dedifferentiated liposarcoma
  • dentinogenesis imperfecta
  • epidermolysis bullosa simplex
  • esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
  • fabry disease
  • holt-oram syndrome
  • hydrocephalus with stenosis of the aqueduct of sylvius
  • kallmann syndrome
  • kindler syndrome
  • krabbe disease
  • lamellar ichthyosis
  • liposarcoma
  • lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • malignant atrophic papulosis
  • monosomy 21
  • neuralgic amyotrophy
  • oculocutaneous albinism
  • oligodontia
  • oral submucous fibrosis
  • papillon-lefèvre syndrome
  • pendred syndrome
  • primary hyperoxaluria type 1
  • proteus syndrome
  • pyomyositis
  • pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency
  • sneddon syndrome
  • systemic capillary leak syndrome
  • thoracic outlet syndrome
  • triple a syndrome
  • von hippel-lindau disease
  • waldenström macroglobulinemia
  • x-linked adrenoleukodystrophy

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