Case report shows improvement of spastic paraparesis in cirrhosis, suggesting an effective intervention.
Hepatic myelopathy, a rare neurological complication of decompensated chronic liver disease, profoundly impairs quality of life. While liver transplantation represents the only curative treatment for hepatic myelopathy, we report a case in which progressive and severe spastic paraparesis was markedly improved following embolization of a paraspinal vein shunt.
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