Ventriculoperitoneal and ventriculoatrial shunting methods are used for the surgical treatment of hydrocephalus. However, many years or months after the treatment, complications can develop. In this article, we report on a patient with perforation of the tricuspid valve and tricuspid insufficiency, which developed as a complication of the ventriculoatrial shunt. This is a previously unreported complication in pediatric patients with a ventriculoatrial shunt. Because of fairly common and life-threatening cardiac complications, ventriculoatrial shunted patients should be monitored closely by echocardiography.
C1 [Gungor, Serdal] Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat Neurol, Malatya, Turkey.
[Arslan, Mujgan; Raif, Sabiha Gungor] Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Malatya, Turkey.
[Karakurt, Cemsit] Inonu Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pediat Cardiol, Malatya, Turkey.