Presentamos el caso de un paciente de 32 años tratado de hidrocefalia postraumática con derivación ventriculoatrial que presentó emigración del catéter distal a la arteria pulmonar. Clínicamente el cuadro pasó aparentemente desapercibido con dos años de evolución hasta la actualidad sin síntomas. Las complicaciones de las derivaciones ventriculoatriales pueden ser múltiples, pero la desconexión del catéter atrial y su embolización a la arteria pulmonar ha sido descrita infrecuentemente.
This 32-year-old patient was treated for postraumatic hydrocephalus with a ventriculo-atrial shunt. The atrial catheter ruptured and emigrated the pulmonary artery but, apparently, there were no clinical consequences, and two years later the patient is still well. Ventriculo-atrial shunts may present numerous complications, but loosening of the atrial catheter which embolized the pulmonary artery is very rare.
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