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Persistent hepatic encephalopathy secondary to portosystemic shunt occluded with Amplatzer device

2014; Elsevier BV; Volume: 13; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1665-2681(19)30854-3

2659-5982

A.I. Ramírez-Polo, Ernesto Márquez-Guillén, Adrian J. Gonzalez‐Aguirre, Iván Eliud Casanova-Sánchez, Rafael Chávez-Ruiz, Eduardo Carrillo-Maravilla, Eric López-Méndez,

Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes

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.