Affiliations: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Inonu University,
Faculty of Medicine, Malatya, Turkey | Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu
University, Malatya, Turkey | Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of
Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Müjgan Arslan, Department of
Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Inonu
University, Malatya, Turkey. Tel.: +90 422 3410660 (5308); Fax: +90 422
3410036; E-mail: mujganarslan@yahoo.com
Abstract: 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.
Keywords: Child, perforation of tricuspid valve, ventriculoatrial shunt
