HISTORY IMAGING FINDINGS - Case 72 Pseudocyst around.pdfVIP

Juan Carlos Pernas, MD Jordi Catala, MD Case 72: Pseudocyst around Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt1 HISTORY A 32-year-old man presented with abdominal pain, distention, and bloating. His white blood cell count and amylase serum levels were normal. No history of malignancy or pancreatic disease was known to exist. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt had been placed 15 years earlier to treat hydrocephalus secondary to spina bifida. The patient underwent supine abdominal radiography and unenhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT). IMAGING FINDINGS The abdominal supine radiograph (Fig 1) showed mild disten-