Mendoza G, Marti-Fàbregas J, Kulisevsky J, Escartín A
Department of Neurology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.
Eur Neurol. 1994;34(4):209-12. doi: 10.1159/000117040.
Myelopathy is a rare complication of chronic liver disease associated with extensive portal-systemic shunt of blood. Its main clinical feature is a spastic paraparesis without sensory or sphincteric impairment. We describe 3 patients who presented hepatic myelopathy following the performance of a portacaval shunt.
