Spastic paraparesis associated with portal‐systemic venous shunting due to congenital hepatic fibrosis
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 42 (5) , 983
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.42.5.983
Abstract
We report a case of progressive spastic paraparesis in a 45-year-old man with total portal-systemic shunting, which developed spontaneously due to congenital hepatic fibrosis. Cellular functions of the liver. except for an elevated blood ammonia level, were within normal limits, as is usual in congenital hepatic fibrosis. This case shows that spastic paraparesis following portal-systemic shunting may occur without liver failure.Keywords
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