Hepatic Myelopathy in a Patient with Decompensated Alcoholic Cirrhosis and Portal Colopathy

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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Main Authors: Madhumita Premkumar, Avishek Bagchi, Neha Kapoor, Ankit Gupta, Gaurav Maurya, Shubham Vatsya, Siddharth Kapahtia, Premashish Kar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Hepatology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735906
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spelling doaj-2012f3078ebb4b869c5cee2909855d332020-11-24T22:34:17ZengHindawi LimitedCase 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
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author Madhumita Premkumar
Avishek Bagchi
Neha Kapoor
Ankit Gupta
Gaurav Maurya
Shubham Vatsya
Siddharth Kapahtia
Premashish Kar
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
author_facet Madhumita Premkumar
Avishek Bagchi
Neha Kapoor
Ankit Gupta
Gaurav Maurya
Shubham Vatsya
Siddharth Kapahtia
Premashish Kar
author_sort Madhumita Premkumar
title 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_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_sort hepatic myelopathy in a patient with decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis and portal colopathy
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Hepatology
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2090-6595
publishDate 2012-01-01
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.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/735906
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