Acquired hepatocerebral degeneration in Hepatitis C infection

ABSTRACT

Patients with chronic liver disease [CLD] often have neurological sequelae, of which hepatic encephalopathy is the most frequent and reversible. Rare irreversible complications of CLD are acquired [non Wilsonian] hepatocerebral degeneration [AHCD] and hepatic myelopathy [HM]. To our knowledge, AHCD has rarely been reported in patients with hepatitis C virus [HCV] infection. We report a patient with HCV infection who developed AHCD and resulted in serious complications