Open AccessBRAIN MRI FINDINGS IN ACUTE HYPERAMMONEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY SECONDARY TO ISCHEMIC HEPATITIS: CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Author(s) -
Ana-Maria Vladila,
Dan-Andrei Mitrea,
Sanda Maria Nica,
Gabriela Mihăilescu,
Ioan Buraga,
Bucharest Pharmacy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
romanian journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2069-6094
pISSN - 1843-8148
DOI - 10.37897/rjn.2016.1.5
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalopathy , neurology , magnetic resonance imaging , hepatic encephalopathy , population , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , cardiology , radiology , psychiatry , cirrhosis , environmental health
Acute encephalopathy is frequently seen in Neurology and Internal Medicine Departments, it makes for a wide spectrum of neuropsychiatric abnormalities, but its brain magnetic resonance imaging appearance in the adult population is not well recognised. We present the case of an acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy in the setting of ischemic hepatitis secondary to global heart failure and its MRI findings with a review of the literature.