PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Destînâ Yalçın
AU  - Emel Oğuz-Akarsu
AU  - Mehmet Sökmen
TI  - Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration
AID  - 10.17712/nsj.2016.2.20150164
DP  - 2016 Apr 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 164--167
VI  - 21
IP  - 2
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/21/2/164.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/21/2/164.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2016 Apr 01; 21
AB  - Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration is a rare, mostly irreversible neurological syndrome that occurs in patients with chronic liver disease, particularly in those with surgically or spontaneously induced portosystemic shunts. Typical magnetic resonance findings are T1 hyperintensity in the pallidum, substantia nigra, periaquaductal gray matter. In this paper, we report a case of a 51-year-old woman presented with hepatic encephalopathy episodes and typical magnetic resonance findings, who does not develop any neurological signs or symptoms, nor cognitive decline in the follow up period, lasting for 3 years.