Multiple intrahepatic vascular shunts causing hyperammoniaemic encephalopathy in a patient without liver cirrhosis

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 347-351

  Caturelli, E ^a   Ghittoni, G ^a   Niro, G A ^b   Clemente, R ^b   Accadia, L ^b   Nardella, M ^b   Andriulli, A ^b   Anti, M ^a  

^a BELCOLLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Hepatic angiography; Hyperammoniaemia; Intrahepatic vascular shunts

Indexed keywords

LACTULOSE; NEOMYCIN; RIFAXIMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; LIVER ANGIOGRAPHY; LIVER ARTERIOGRAPHY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER BLOOD VESSEL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; HEPATIC ARTERY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPERAMMONEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR; PORTAL VEIN; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33748490473     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.06.005     Document Type: Article

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