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A 7-mm Covered TIPS Reduces Hepatic Encephalopathy Without Increasing Rebleeding in Cirrhotic Patients With Small Liver: A Randomized Study. [PDF]

Liver Int
ABSTRACT Background/Aims International guidelines recommend initiating transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) placement with an 8‐mm stent. However, there is an evident lack of randomized controlled trials evaluating TIPS diameters < 8 mm in cirrhotic patients with a relatively small liver. The aim of this study was to determine whether 7 
Liu F, Zhang K, Zhang Y, He Q, Meng M, Ma X, Zhu B, Wu Y, An L, Lv Y, Lin F, Zhang K, Liu B, Chang X, Ding H, Liu J, Chen Y, Yang Y.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Hepatic Myelopathy: A Rare Complication of Chronic Liver Failure Treated Conservatively Without Liver Transplantation

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Hepatic myelopathy (HM) diagnosis requires the exclusion of other causes of spastic paraparesis and typically presents in the setting of recurrent hepatic encephalopathy.
Matthew Lynberg, Ishan Kirti, Nahar Saleh, Haider Naqvi   +3 more
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Atypical Guillain‐Barré Syndrome Preceding Icteric Hepatitis A: A Diagnostic Challenge—A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute immune‐mediated neuropathy typically triggered by infections. Rarely, it may precede acute hepatitis A (HAV), creating diagnostic challenges.
Asem Afana, Ahmed H. Sharaf, Jana Omar, Ahmad Elkhazin, Hossam Salameh   +4 more
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Reversible hepatic myelopathy: a case report

Clinical Neurology, 2014
We report a case of reversible hepatic myelopathy. A 42-year-old female patient with 3-year history of alcoholic liver cirrhosis developed spastic gait, hyperreflexia and mild somatosensory disturbance in her lower extremities. The increased level of serum ammonia and the deficits of N30 and P38 in the tibial somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) in ...
Hirozawa, Daisuke, Fukada, Kei, Yaegaki, Takahide, Hoshi, Taku, Sawada, Jinichi, Hazama, Takanori   +5 more
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Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type 1–Associated Myelopathy With Autoimmune Cholangiopathy: An Unusual Immune Conundrum in a Young Patient [PDF]

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Human​ T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), the first oncogenic retrovirus discovered in humans, is primarily associated with two disease entities: adult T cell leukemia-lymphoma and HTLV-1-associated myelopathy-tropical spastic paresis. HTLV-1 has also
Aida Saad, Yamna Jadoon, Riffat Sabir
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Imaging Diagnosis-Peritoneal Splenosis in a Dog: Computed Tomographic Findings. [PDF]

Vet Radiol Ultrasound
ABSTRACT This report describes a case of peritoneal splenosis in a dog, identified following the discovery of multiple peritoneal nodules on computed tomography (CT) performed for the evaluation of a compressive myelopathy. Histopathologic analysis confirmed the presence of ectopic splenic tissue without evidence of malignancy.
Humeau C, Bouhsina N, Lafuma F, Cordier P, Rousseau T, Hernandez J.   +5 more
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Myelopathy in Hepatic Cirrhosis [PDF]

The BMJ, 1963
S S, Pant, A N, Bhargava, M M, Singh, P C, Dhanda   +3 more
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Benefits of Early Treatment for Patients with Hepatic Myelopathy Secondary to TIPS: A Retrospective Study in Northern China [PDF]

Scientific Reports, 2018
Zhendong Yue, Zhenhua Fan, Hongwei Zhao
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From cirrhosis to paraparesis [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2019
We present the case of a 61-years-old male, diagnosed with liver cirrhosis, portal hypertension and type II diabetes mellitus, who developed bilateral signs of Parkinsonism, intention tremor and spastic paraparesis.
Ioan-Cristian Lupescu, Speranta Iacob, Ioana Gabriela Lupescu, Liliana Gheorghe, Adriana Octaviana Dulamea   +4 more
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Plasma proteome analysis in HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Human T lymphotropic virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) causes a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system known as HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM) which resembles chronic spinal forms of multiple ...
Stumpf, M. P. H. (Michael P. H.), Aviva Witkover, Bangham, Charles RM, Kirk, Paul, Taylor, Graham P, Kirk Paul DW, Lewin Alexandra M, Kirk, Paul DW, Bangham Charles RM, Bangham, C. R. M. (Charles R. M.), Taylor, G. P. (Graham P.), Lewin, Alexandra M, Courtney, A, Kirk, PDW, Richardson, Sylvia, Wait Robin, Witkover, A, Lewin, Alexandra M., Alan Courtney, Robin Wait, Graham P Taylor, Courtney Alan, Michael PH Stumpf, Charles RM Bangham, Witkover Aviva, Witkover, Aviva, Wait, R, Paul DW Kirk, Wait, Robin, Richardson, S, Taylor Graham P, Bangham, CRM, Courtney, Alan, Bangham, CR, Richardson Sylvia, Stumpf, MP, Sylvia Richardson, Stumpf, Michael PH, Kirk, PD, Stumpf, MPH, Taylor, GP, Stumpf Michael PH, Alexandra M Lewin, Lewin, AM   +43 more
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