TY - JOUR T1 - Abdominal ultrasound in the diagnosis of cerebrospinal fluid pseudocysts complicating ventriculoperitoneal shunts. JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 661 LP - 664 DO - 10.1136/adc.59.7.661 VL - 59 IS - 7 AU - J R Briggs AU - G M Hendry AU - R A Minns Y1 - 1984/07/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/59/7/661.abstract N2 - Pseudocysts filled with cerebrospinal fluid caused complications at the distal end of ventriculoperitoneal shunts in five children. Only one of these cysts was infected. The children presented with raised intracranial pressure or abdominal symptoms, or both. We report on the usefulness of abdominal ultrasound examination in the diagnosis and follow up of these patients and suggest that abdominal ultrasound should form part of the initial assessment of children with ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction. ER -