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Letters and Corrections1 September 1980Aspirin-Induced Hepatic Encephalopathy and Chronic Liver DiseaseANDREW I. LAZAROVITS, B.SC., M.D., GEOFFREY M. ROBINSON, M.B., CH.B., PAUL DEVENYI, M.D.ANDREW I. LAZAROVITS, B.SC., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, GEOFFREY M. ROBINSON, M.B., CH.B.Search for more papers by this author, PAUL DEVENYI, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-93-3-510_2 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: Hepatocellular toxicity secondary to aspirin has been reported (1-4), but to our knowledge the drug has not been implicated as a precipitant of hepatic encephalopathy in adults. We report the case of a patient with chronic alcoholic liver disease who developed hepatic encephalopathy secondary to aspirin toxcity, which was reproduced by a rechallenge experiment.A 56-year-old chronic alcoholic woman with biopsy-proven micronodular cirrhosis was admitted with hepatic encephalopathy. She had been taking approximately 5 g of aspirin per day for severe left hip pain due to progressive osteoarthritis. She had not been drinking ethanol for a month...
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