Ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement complicated by concurrent hydrothorax and hydrocele formation in a 4-year-old boy managed for congenital communicating hydrocephalus at a tertiary referral hospital in Mwanza, Tanzania

Abstract

Hydrocephalus is among the leading causes of hospital admissions in the paediatric population of sub-Saharan Africa. The standard treatment of choice is the ventriculoperitoneal shunt; however, complications associated with ventriculoperitoneal shunt placement have been documented in the literature. Herein, we present a rare case of distal shunt migration with associated complications.