This case report highlights that ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction can present with neurogenic pulmonary edema and neurogenic stunned myocardium in pediatric patients.
Shunt malfunction may cause NPE in children; first report leaves open need for cardiac monitoring in pediatric shunt dysfunction.
Neurogenic pulmonary edema (NPE) and neurogenic stunned myocardium are known complications of acute neuropathology, but these conditions have only rarely been reported with ventriculoperitoneal shunt malfunction. Furthermore, shunt malfunction presenting with NPE has not been described in a pediatric patient. A case of acute shunt malfunction and NPE followed by a complicated cardiopulmonary clinical course is reviewed.
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