title: [Blindness as a complication of hepatic encephalopathy].
abstract: Hepatic (portal-systemic) encephalopathy is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by disturbances in consciousness and behaviour, personality changes, fluctuating neurologic signs, asterixis or "flapping tremor" and distinctive electroencephalographic changes (11). We report a case of hepatic-encephalopathy accompanied by transient cortical blindness.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gastroenterologié, Universitätsklinik Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Türkei.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Canbakan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canbakan
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Oz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tuncer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Demir
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000473:pathology; D019575:Blindness, Cortical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005829:Geniculate Bodies / Q000473:pathology; D006501:Hepatic Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D014463:Ultrasonography