An unusual cause of breast lump: CSF pseudocyst
SA Journal of Radiology
Field | Value | |
Title | An unusual cause of breast lump: CSF pseudocyst | |
Creator | Jakhere, Sandeep Gopal Kumbhar, Raju Dhongade, Harshal | |
Description | A ventriculoperitoneal shunt (VP shunt) is a fairly common and useful procedure to reduce intracranial pressure in patients with hydrocephalus. Complications associated with VP shunts are usually related to either shunt obstruction or infection. A pseudocyst formation owing to leakage of CSF into the breast tissue as a complication of VP shunting is a rare entity, with few cases in the literature. Nonetheless, it is an important cause of cystic breast lump and should be kept in mind in a patient with an indwelling VP shunt. We describe the case of a 16-year-old girl patient with an indwelling VP shunt who presented with a gradually increasing breast lump, and was diagnosed to have a CSF pseudocyst based on characteristic imaging findings. | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 2012-06-12 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/sajr.v16i2.311 | |
Source | South African Journal of Radiology; Vol 16, No 2 (2012); 69-71 2078-6778 1027-202X | |
Language | eng | |
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