AUTHOR=Serratrice Nicolas , Faddoul Joe , Tarabay Bilal , Taifour Sarkis , Abi Lahoud Georges Naïm 

TITLE=Case Report: A Rare Case of Fourth Ventricle to Spinal Subarachnoid Space Shunt Migration: Surgical Pearl and Literature Review

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2021.696457

DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2021.696457

ISSN=2296-875X

ABSTRACT=<p><bold>Background:</bold> In the event of syringomyelia communicating with the fourth ventricle, a fourth ventricle to cervical subarachnoid space shunting could be proposed.</p><p><bold>Case Report:</bold> In this review article, we describe the case of a 40-year-old woman who had a previously implanted fourth ventricle to spinal subarachnoid space shunt for the treatment of syringomyelia in the context of Chiari syndrome. The catheter migrated intradurally to the lumbosacral space, but in the absence of neurological repercussions, we decided to leave it in place.</p><p><bold>Conclusions:</bold> To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case described in the literature review of a catheter migration in the subarachnoid space from occipitocervical to lumbosacral level.</p>