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Extra-hepatic portosystemic shunt leading to encephalopathy in a noncirrhotic liver: successful treatment with endovascular occlusion
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2022
unpublished
BackgroundHepatic encephalopathy in the western world is primarily associated with livercirrhosis, however it has also been reported in noncirrhotic patients with largecongenital portosystemic shunts. This case reports a successful treatment withendovascular occlusion.Case PresentationA 60-year-old male presented with a two-year history of neurologic andpsychiatric symptoms requiring multiple hospital admissions and serumhyperammonemia. Abdominal imaging was unremarkable except for the presence
doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-1619543/v1
fatcat:k4kosw7k3rb5po7lsj4cagmy4q