HEPATIC MYELOPATHY - A RARE COMPLICATION OF PORTACAVAL-SHUNT

Authors
MENDOZA G MARTIFABREGAS J KULISEVSKY J ESCARTIN A
Citation
G. Mendoza et al., HEPATIC MYELOPATHY - A RARE COMPLICATION OF PORTACAVAL-SHUNT, European neurology, 34(4), 1994, pp. 209-212
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology",Neurosciences
Journal title
European neurology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00143022
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
209 - 212
Database
ISI
SICI code
0014-3022(1994)34:4<209:HM-ARC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Myelopathy is a rare complication of chronic liver disease associated with extensive portal-systemic shunt of blood. Its main clinical featu re is a spastic paraparesis without sensory or sphincteric impairment. We describe 3 patients who presented hepatic myelopathy following the performance of a portacaval shunt.