Infant with a low grade fever and redness and swelling around the VP shunt reservoir

Pediatric Imaging Neurological February 20, 2020January 31, 2020

CT of abscess around a ventriculoperitoneal shunt — Axial CT without contrast of the brain shows a low density fluid collection around the VP shunt reservoir between the skull and the scalp. In the operating room this fluid was found to be pus.

The diagnosis was an abscess around the VP shunt reservoir.

Published February 20, 2020January 31, 2020