Persistent hepatic encephalopathy secondary to portosystemic shunt occluded with Amplatzer device
Journal Title: Annals of Hepatology - Year 2014, Vol 13, Issue 4
Abstract
Hepatic 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.
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Ariadna Ramírez-Polo, Ernesto Márquez-Guillén, Adrián J. González-Aguirre, Iván E. Casanova-Sánchez, Rafael Chávez-Ruiz, Eduardo Carrillo-Maravilla, Eric López-Méndez
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