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Periodic hyperammonemic encephalopathy associated with a ureterosigmoidostomy

G D Cascino1, J M Jensen, L A Nelson

  • 1Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905.

Summary

Ureterosigmoidostomy, a urinary diversion, can cause hyperammonemia leading to encephalopathy. Surgical revision to uretero-ileostomy resolved the neurotoxicity, indicating a treatable condition in affected patients.

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