RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Decrease in the Volume of White Matter Lesions with Improvement of Hepatic Encephalopathy
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1499
OP 1500
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A0611
VO 28
IS 8
A1 Mínguez, B.
A1 Rovira, A.
A1 Alonso, J.
A1 Córdoba, J.
YR 2007
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/28/8/1499.abstract
AB SUMMARY: MR imaging has found abnormalities compatible with low-grade edema in the brain of patients with cirrhosis that have been related to hepatic encephalopathy. We present 3 patients with hepatic encephalopathy who exhibit supratentorial focal or diffuse white matter lesions compatible with small-vessel brain disease. The volume and number of white matter lesions reduced with the improvement of hepatic encephalopathy, suggesting the participation of the blood-brain barrier in the pathogenesis of brain edema in hepatic encephalopathy.