A Patient with Parkinsonism Secondary to Liver Disease
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.