Volume 8, Issue 9 pp. 1852-1853
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Hepatic encephalopathy due to extrahepatic portosystemic shunt

Yosuke Sazumi

Yosuke Sazumi

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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Yoshito Nishimura

Corresponding Author

Yoshito Nishimura

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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Yoshito Nishimura, Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.

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Yuki Otsuka

Yuki Otsuka

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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Yuki Mizuta

Yuki Mizuta

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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Yasuhiro Nakano

Yasuhiro Nakano

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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Hiroyuki Sakae

Hiroyuki Sakae

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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Fumio Otsuka

Fumio Otsuka

Department of General Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

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First published: 01 June 2020
Citations: 1

Abstract

Clinicians should recognize extrahepatic portosystemic shunt as a cause of refractory or intermittent hepatic encephalopathy. Treatment strategies should be individualized according to patients' anatomic and hemodynamic status.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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