Trapped Below: Abdominal Pseudocysts Associated With Ventriculoperitoneal Shunts in Coccidioidal Meningitis

Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) shunts are the mainstay for cerebrospinal fluid diversion in patients with refractory coccidioidal meningitis (CM)-associated hydrocephalus. Abdominal pseudocysts (APCs), an uncommon but known complication of distal shunt catheters, have not been well described in CM. We co...

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Published inOpen forum infectious diseases Vol. 12; no. 8
Main Author Sivasubramanian, Geetha
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Oxford University Press 12.08.2025
Subjects
Abdomen
Cysts
Hydrocephalus
Infectious Diseases in Special Populations
Meningitis
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