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Bizarre case of peritoneal CSF-pseudocyst provoking hydronephrosis in a patient with ventricle-peritoneal shunt
Sri Harsha Kanuri MD PHD1,*, Kathleen Messenger MD1
- 1Merit Health Wesley Health Center, Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Corresponding Author
Sri Harsha Kanuri MD PHD, harsha9009@gmail.com
Received Date: October 31, 2025
Accepted Date: November 04, 2025
Kanuri SH, Messenger K. Bizarre case of peritoneal CSF-pseudocyst provoking hydronephrosis in a patient with ventricle-peritoneal shunt. J Surg Surg Rep. 2025;2(1):1-3.
Copyright: © 2025 Kanuri SH, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Arnold Chiari Malformation, Ventricle-peritoneal shunt, Neuropathy, Ureteral obstruction, CSF pseudocyst, Microscopic hematuria, Hydronephrosis
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