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Hepatic myelopathy with spastic paraparesis

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2005
Progressive myelopathy is a rare neurological complication of chronic liver disease with portal hypertension and there is no special diagnostic tool for hepatic myelopathy. Neuropathological studies of the patients with hepatic myelopathy have demonstrated demyelination of the lateral corticospinal tracts with various degree of axonal loss ...
Talip Asil, Yahya Çelik, Kemal Balcı
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Are Acquired Hepatocerebral Degeneration and Hepatic Myelopathy Reversible?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 2009
Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration (AHD) and hepatic myelopathy (HM) are rare complications of chronic liver disease and are usually resistant to medical therapy.The clinical and laboratory findings of 14 male and 2 female patients with AHD or HM were evaluated.The prevalence of AHD and HM was 2% inpatient case series in the last 10 years. The median
Binnur, Pinarbasi, Sabahattin, Kaymakoglu, Zeliha, Matur, Filiz, Akyuz, Kadir, Demir, Fatih, Besisik, Sadakat, Ozdil, Gungor, Boztas, Yilmaz, Cakaloglu, Zeynel, Mungan, Atilla, Okten   +10 more
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Hepatic cirrhosis with post-shunt myelopathy

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, 1970
Abstract Three patients with cirrhosis hepatis who developed myelopathy following shunt operations are reported. The neurological manifestations are described, and the pathological findings in 2 cases are discussed with particular reference to the corticospinal tract involvement which they showed.
E Kott, Edna Kott, U Sandbank
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Hepatic myelopathy Case report with review of the literature

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 1996
Hepatic myelopathy is a rare complication of hepatic insufficiency, causing progressive spastic paraparesis. There are few reports detailing the clinical and diagnostic aspects of this uncommon cause of neurological deterioration in patients with liver disease. Early recognition of this disorder will become more important as patients with liver disease
David Lacomis, M J Giuliani, Frank J Kroboth   +2 more
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Improvement of Hepatic Myelopathy after Liver Transplantation

New England Journal of Medicine, 1999
To the Editor: Hepatic myelopathy is characterized by spastic paraparesis and minimal sensory abnormalities in patients with cirrhosis, particularly those with portosystemic shunts that have been created surgically or have occurred spontaneously.1,2 The pathophysiology of hepatic myelopathy is poorly understood, and the diagnosis can only be made ...
Bernard de Hemptinne
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Partial splenic artery embolization for severe hepatic myelopathy in cirrhosis.

Hepatology, 2018
Hepatic myelopathy (HM) is a devastating but rare complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension that profoundly affects quality of life and improves only with liver transplantation. We present a case where progressive severe spastic paraparesis due to HM was substantially reversed with partial splenic artery emobilization (PSAE).
Cyriac Abby Philips, Philip Augustine, Lijesh Kumar   +2 more
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MYELOPATHY IN HEPATIC DISEASE AND PORTOSYSTEMIC VENOUS ANASTOMOSIS

Lancet, The, 1966
L A Liversedge
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Hepatic Myelopathy: Case Report of an Unusual MRI Finding

Neurographics, 2018
D.M. Patel, M.J. Hoch, S.K. Mohan, R. Hu
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Hepatic Myelopathy: A Rare Complication of Portacaval Shunt

European Neurology, 2008
Myelopathy is a rare complication of chronic liver disease associated with extensive portal-systemic shunt of blood. Its main clinical feature is a spastic paraparesis without sensory or sphincteric impairment. We describe 3 patients who presented hepatic myelopathy following the performance of a portacaval shunt.
G, Mendoza, J, Marti-Fàbregas, J, Kulisevsky, A, Escartín   +3 more
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Sensory ataxia in myelopathy with chronic hepatitis C virus infection

Neurology, 2002
Neurologic complications in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection include peripheral neuropathy, acute polyradiculitis, restless leg syndrome, anterior optic neuropathy, cerebral ischemia, encephalopathologic signs, myelitis, leukoencephalopathy, and acute and progressive encephalomyelitis.1-5⇓⇓⇓⇓ As HCV infection is an important public ...
C H, Nolte, A S, Endres, H, Meisel
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