Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy
Cirrhotic or hepatic myelopathy is a rare neurological complication of chronic liver disease usually seen in adults and presents as a progressive pure motor spastic paraparesis which is usually associated with overt liver failure and a surgical or spontaneous systemic portocaval shunt. We describe t...
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| author | Madhumita Premkumar Avishek Bagchi Neha Kapoor Ankit Gupta Gaurav Maurya Shubham Vatsya Siddharth Kapahtia Premashish Kar |
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| description | Cirrhotic or hepatic myelopathy is a rare neurological complication of chronic liver disease usually seen in adults and presents as a progressive pure motor spastic paraparesis which is usually associated with overt liver failure and a surgical or spontaneous systemic portocaval shunt. We describe the development of progressive spastic paraparesis, in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis with portal hypertension and portal colopathy who presented with the first episode of hepatic encephalopathy. The patient had not undergone any shunt procedure. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2012f3078ebb4b869c5cee2909855d332025-08-20T02:04:48ZengWileyCase Reports in Hepatology2090-65872090-65952012-01-01201210.1155/2012/735906735906Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal ColopathyMadhumita Premkumar0Avishek Bagchi1Neha Kapoor2Ankit Gupta3Gaurav Maurya4Shubham Vatsya5Siddharth Kapahtia6Premashish Kar7Department of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaDepartment of Medicine, B. L. Taneja Block, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi 110002, IndiaCirrhotic or hepatic myelopathy is a rare neurological complication of chronic liver disease usually seen in adults and presents as a progressive pure motor spastic paraparesis which is usually associated with overt liver failure and a surgical or spontaneous systemic portocaval shunt. We describe the development of progressive spastic paraparesis, in a patient with alcoholic cirrhosis with portal hypertension and portal colopathy who presented with the first episode of hepatic encephalopathy. The patient had not undergone any shunt procedure.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735906 |
| spellingShingle | Madhumita Premkumar Avishek Bagchi Neha Kapoor Ankit Gupta Gaurav Maurya Shubham Vatsya Siddharth Kapahtia Premashish Kar Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy Case Reports in Hepatology |
| title | Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy |
| title_full | Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy |
| title_fullStr | Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy |
| title_short | Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy |
| title_sort | hepatic myelopathy in a patient with decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis and portal colopathy |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735906 |
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