Persistent hepatic encephalopathy secondary to portosystemic shunt occluded with Amplatzer device

AbstractHepatic encephalopathy is a frequent complication of cirrhosis, when this event becomes persistent, treatment compliance should be verified and any precipitating factor need to be identified. Also the presence of portosystemic shunts, which are a rare cause of decompensation or persistence h...

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Veröffentlicht in:Annals of hepatology 2014-07, Vol.13 (4), p.456-460
Hauptverfasser: Ramírez-Polo, Ariadna, Márquez-Guillén, Ernesto, González-Aguirre, Adrián J, Casanova-Sánchez, Iván E, Chávez-Ruiz, Rafael, Carrillo-Maravilla, Eduardo, López-Méndez, Eric
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Zusammenfassung:AbstractHepatic encephalopathy is a frequent complication of cirrhosis, when this event becomes persistent, treatment compliance should be verified and any precipitating factor need to be identified. Also the presence of portosystemic shunts, which are a rare cause of decompensation or persistence hepatic encephalopathy need to be ruled out. In this paper we report the case of a 57 year old man with persistent hepatic encephalopathy secondary to the presence of a porto-onfalo-femoral shunt successfully closed with the placement of an Amplatzer device.
ISSN:1665-2681
DOI:10.1016/S1665-2681(19)30854-3