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I have hydrocephalus with a vp shunt and on my ct scan one ventricle was dilated and the one that the shunt is in is collapsed why is this?

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May be drainage prob: Contact your neurosurgeon to see if it is draining correctly

Dr Bansal and 3 doctors agreed

Answered 2/26/2019

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