Congenital Porto-Azygous Shunt (Abernethy Malformation Type II) in an Elderly Patient: A Too-Often-Forgotten Occult Abnormality

Congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunts (CEPS) cause portal blood to circumvent the liver and its metabolism, allowing normally detoxified ammonia to accumulate in the systemic circulation. Hyperammonemia in the elderly often manifests clinically as toxic encephalopathy. We present a case of re...

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Autores principales: Tessier, Steven, Ido, Firas, Zanders, Thomas, Longo, Santo, Nanda, Sudip
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9132755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35651430
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24460

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