[Reversible spastic triparesis with hyperammonemia].
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.
Bourgeois
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Département de Neurologie, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, Bruxelles.
Telerman-Toppet
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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*
D000641:Ammonia
Triparésie spastique "ammoniacale" réversible.