title: [Reversible spastic triparesis with hyperammonemia].
abstract: A 24-years old alcoholic man was admitted for a spastic triparesis. Despite mild hepatic failure without objective portosystemic shunt, this encephalomyelopathy was related to an hyperammonemia. This case is unusual by the recovery of the neurological deficit.
authors.affiliation: Département de Neurologie, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Telerman-Toppet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood*; D001132:Arm; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000641:Ammonia
vernacular_title: Triparésie spastique "ammoniacale" réversible.