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abstractpubmed· Abstract 2018· item PMID:29059463

Partial splenic artery embolization for severe hepatic myelopathy in cirrhosis. Hepatic myelopathy (HM) is a devastating but rare complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension that profoundly affects quality of life and improves only with liver transplantation. We present a case where progressive severe spastic paraparesis due to HM was substantially reversed with partial splenic artery emobilization (PSAE). (Hepatology 2018;67:1169-1171).