Hepatic Encephalopathy Secondary to Non-cirrhotic Portosystemic Shunt

• Main Authors: Bhavi Trivedi MD (Author), Amish Parikh DO (Author), Monica Botros MD (Author), Alejandro Robles MD (Author), Shaked Laks MD (Author), Marc Zuckerman MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Hepatic encephalopathy is uncommon in the absence of cirrhosis. We report a 71-year-old woman who presented with altered mental status in the setting of hyperammonemia for the second time in 6 months. Magnetic resonance imaging of the abdomen revealed an uncommon portosystemic shunt involving an enl...