Acute hepatic encephalopathy: analysis of imaging finding in a 15-year-old patient

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International Journal of Development Research

Volume: 
10
Article ID: 
18639
3 pages
Research Article

Acute hepatic encephalopathy: analysis of imaging finding in a 15-year-old patient

Echchikhi Meryem, Edderai Meryem, Boumdin Hassan, Ennouali Hassan, Radouane Bouchaib, Mahi Mohamed, El Fenni Jamal and Jidal Mohamed

Received 17th January, 2020; Received in revised form 26th February, 2020; Accepted 08th March, 2020; Published online 29th April, 2020

Copyright © 2020, Echchikhi Meryem. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract: 

Hepatic encephalopathy is a neuropsychiatric syndrome due to severe liver failure. The clinical presentation is variable. MRI have a critical role in the diagnosis confirmation and understanding the neural mechanism of this disorder. We report the case of a 15-year-old patient, who is followed up for liver cirrhosis and who presents an acute hepatic encephalopathy quickly diagnosed with MRI.

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