Journal of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders

Emrah AYTAÇ, Arzu ALDEMİR, Selçuk ÇOMOĞLU

Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi 2. Nöroloji Kliniği, Ankara, Türkiye

Keywords: Hepatocerebral syndrome; liver diseases; Parkinson’s disease.

Abstract

Non Wilson hepatocerebral degeneration is a rare disorder which develops due to chronic liver disease and metabolic derangements and which is characterized by irreversible neurological findings. Extrapyramidal involvement as a result of attacks of hepatic encephalopathy has been reported rarely in the literature. In this article, we report a patient who was admitted to our clinic with signs of parkinsonism and who was subsequently diagnosed as having liver cirrhosis with secondary parkinsonism.