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  • Title: [A case of leiomyosarcoma of the jejunum with postoperative hepatic encephalopathy].
    Author: Otani S, Taniguchi T, Matsui T, Kishimoto H, Hinohara T, Komatsu K, Kitani M, Shimatani Y.
    Journal: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho; 1998 Nov; 25(13):2127-30. PubMed ID: 9838918.
    Abstract:
    We report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the jejunum with postoperative hepatic encephalopathy. A 60-year-old man was operated for tumor of the abdomen. He was diagnosed as leiomyosarcoma of the jejunum with disseminated peritoneal metastasis, but no liver metastasis and cirrhosis. A palliative resection of the jejunum was performed. After operation, disturbance of orientation and apraxia with electroencepharographic abnormality and hyperammonemia developed. He was diagnosed as hepatic encephalopathy without lesion of the liver, and died 11 months after surgery. We consider that the portosystemic shunt and bleeding from the digestive tract due to invasion of metastatic lesions caused hepatic encephalopathy.
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