A rare complication of per rectal extrusion of a ventricule peritoneal shunt catheter occuring in a four-month old Chinese baby boy with hydrocephalus is described. Perforation of the bowel by the shunt occurred without any peritonitis or retrograde infection of the shunt system. Its pathogenesis and diagnosis are discussed.
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