Subcutaneous Cerebrospinal Fluid Pseudocyst: An Unusual Complication of Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
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An Unusual Iatrogenic Cerebrospinal Fluid Leakage from Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
Received 11/30/2009; accepted 12/8/2009. For correspondence and reprints contact: Wan-Yu Lin, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital. 160 Section 3, ChungGung Road, Taichung 407, Taiwan. Tel: (886)4-23741349, Fax: (886)4-23741348, E-mail:[email protected] A case of renal insufficiency received Hickman catheter insertion for hemodialysis suffered from fever and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0976-3147,0976-3155
DOI: 10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_142_18