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==Overview==
==Overview==
 
Common CT findings of hepatic encephalopathy include cerebral edena in early stages of encephalopathy.
==CT==
==CT scan==
*CT scan of brain can show cerebral edema in early stages of encephalopathy in patients with hepatic encephalopathy.<ref name="pmid23786739">{{cite journal| author=Thayapararajah SW, Gulka I, Al-Amri A, Das S, Young GB| title=Acute fulminant hepatic failure, encephalopathy and early CT changes. | journal=Can J Neurol Sci | year= 2013 | volume= 40 | issue= 4 | pages= 553-7 | pmid=23786739 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23786739  }} </ref>
*[[Computed tomography|CT scan]] of brain can show [[cerebral edema]] in early stages of encephalopathy in patients with hepatic encephalopathy.<ref name="pmid23786739">{{cite journal| author=Thayapararajah SW, Gulka I, Al-Amri A, Das S, Young GB| title=Acute fulminant hepatic failure, encephalopathy and early CT changes. | journal=Can J Neurol Sci | year= 2013 | volume= 40 | issue= 4 | pages= 553-7 | pmid=23786739 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=23786739  }} </ref>
*CT scan of brain can rule out some other diagnoses, but MRI, give better diagnostic features of hepatic encephalopathy.<ref name="pmid22321465">{{cite journal| author=McPhail MJ, Patel NR, Taylor-Robinson SD| title=Brain imaging and hepatic encephalopathy. | journal=Clin Liver Dis | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 1 | pages= 57-72 | pmid=22321465 | doi=10.1016/j.cld.2011.12.001 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22321465  }} </ref>
*[[CT scan]] of brain can rule out some other diagnoses in patients with [[altered mental status]].<ref name="pmid22321465" />
*Brain [[MRI]], give better diagnostic features of hepatic encephalopathy than [[CT scan]].<ref name="pmid22321465">{{cite journal| author=McPhail MJ, Patel NR, Taylor-Robinson SD| title=Brain imaging and hepatic encephalopathy. | journal=Clin Liver Dis | year= 2012 | volume= 16 | issue= 1 | pages= 57-72 | pmid=22321465 | doi=10.1016/j.cld.2011.12.001 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=22321465  }} </ref>


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ;Mohamadmostafa Jahansouz M.D.[2]

Overview

Common CT findings of hepatic encephalopathy include cerebral edena in early stages of encephalopathy.

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References

  1. Thayapararajah SW, Gulka I, Al-Amri A, Das S, Young GB (2013). "Acute fulminant hepatic failure, encephalopathy and early CT changes". Can J Neurol Sci. 40 (4): 553–7. PMID 23786739.
  2. 2.0 2.1 McPhail MJ, Patel NR, Taylor-Robinson SD (2012). "Brain imaging and hepatic encephalopathy". Clin Liver Dis. 16 (1): 57–72. doi:10.1016/j.cld.2011.12.001. PMID 22321465.

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