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Partial splenic artery embolization for severe hepatic myelopathy in cirrhosis
Author(s) -
Philips Cyriac Abby,
Kumar Lijesh,
Augustine Philip
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
hepatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.488
H-Index - 361
eISSN - 1527-3350
pISSN - 0270-9139
DOI - 10.1002/hep.29597
Subject(s) - medicine , cirrhosis , splenic artery , liver transplantation , myelopathy , portal hypertension , complication , embolization , artery , gastroenterology , surgery , radiology , transplantation , spinal cord , psychiatry
Hepatic myelopathy (HM) is a devastating but rare complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension that profoundly affects quality of life and improves only with liver transplantation. We present a case where progressive severe spastic paraparesis due to HM was substantially reversed with partial splenic artery emobilization (PSAE). (H epatology 2018;67:1169–1171)
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