Parkinson’s mimicker in Acute and Chronic Hepatic Encephalopathy

• Main Authors: Mohamad Shahrunizam Awang Setia, Mohamad Izzat Arslan Che Ros, Nurul Hafidzah Rahim, Nik Azuan Nik Ismail
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UMS 2023
• Subjects: RC346-429 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Including speech disorders; RC799-869 Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39272/1/ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39272/2/FULL%20TEXT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/39272/; https://doi.org/10.51200/bjms.v17i3.4257

Hepatic encephalopathy (HE) is a neuropsychiatric spectrum mainly caused by cirrhosis, portosystemic shunt, or portal hypertension. It may also mimic the presentation of Parkinson’s disease, which can make clinical diagnosis a challenge. A 42-year-old man with underlying chronic hepatitis C with liv...