It was reported that on the evening of (b)(6) 2016, the patient presented to the emergency room with a one week history of worsening headaches, lethargy, and a complex partial seizure.A ct scan revealed enlarged ventricles and midline intraventricular cyst with evidence of a catheter disconnect distal to the valve in the neck.Aspiration of their ventriculoperitoneal shunt valve reservoir which was set at 2.0 yielded several milliliters of clear cerebrospinal fluid without evidence of infection.The entire shunt system was replaced due to the patient suffering from a distal shunt malfunction with at least partial obstruction to their normal cerebrospinal fluid flow through the shunt due to the break, and given the fact that the existing ventricular catheter was also not in an ideal location.
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