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| CASE REPORT |
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| Year : 2000 | Volume
: 46
| Issue : 1 | Page : 37-8 |
Round worm migration along ventriculoperitoneal shunt tract: a rare complication.
P Agarwal, SM Malapure, R Gupta, P Mane, S Parelkar, SN Oak
Department of Paediatric Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai - 400 008, India., India
Correspondence Address:
P Agarwal
Department of Paediatric Surgery, T. N. Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Ch. Hospital, Mumbai - 400 008, India.
India
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PMID: 0010855079 
Though a ventriculoperitoneal shunt has been associated with myriads of unusual complications, so has been that with roundworms. A case of a three-year-old boy is presented who had an unusual complication of roundworm migration along the shunt tract that presented as shunt tract infection.
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