Transoral Migration of a Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) Catheter in a Six-Month-Old Boy: A Case Report
Mahamat Mahamat Saleh, Oumar Abakar Mahamed, Hajar Dardar, Loula Djama Miguil, Ahmat Tidjani Mahamat, Ibrahim Mahamat Ahmat, Yahia Bennani, Abdoulaye Affadine Ismail, Zineb Oudrhiri, Naoufel Boumahdi, Othmane Alaoui, Abdelhalim Mahmoudi, Khalid Khattala & Youssef Bouabdallah · Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery · 2026
Introduction: Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt (VPS) is the gold standard for the treatment of hydrocephalus. Gastrointestinal perforation is rare, and perforation above the angle of Treitz is exceptional. We report a rare case of a VPS catheter externalized through the mouth in a six-...