Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report

Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute, reversible neurological disorder, which, if untreated, can develop into Korsakoff syndrome. Commonly associated with alcohol use disorder, Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of thiamine, vitamin B1. This case report presents a...

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Autores principales: Borgemenke, Ryan, Borgemenke, Samuel, Mall, Sharal, Pagur, Patrick
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Obstetrics/Gynecology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10575565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37842375
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45172
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description Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute, reversible neurological disorder, which, if untreated, can develop into Korsakoff syndrome. Commonly associated with alcohol use disorder, Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of thiamine, vitamin B1. This case report presents a clinical manifestation of Wernicke encephalopathy, in which a 22-year-old pregnant female with hyperemesis gravidarum and significant weight loss developed acute metabolic encephalopathy. Diagnostic imaging played an important role both in diagnosing the patient acutely in the hospital and during a follow-up visit one year after treatment.
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spelling pubmed-105755652023-10-14 Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report Borgemenke, Ryan Borgemenke, Samuel Mall, Sharal Pagur, Patrick Cureus Obstetrics/Gynecology Wernicke encephalopathy is an acute, reversible neurological disorder, which, if untreated, can develop into Korsakoff syndrome. Commonly associated with alcohol use disorder, Wernicke encephalopathy is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of thiamine, vitamin B1. This case report presents a clinical manifestation of Wernicke encephalopathy, in which a 22-year-old pregnant female with hyperemesis gravidarum and significant weight loss developed acute metabolic encephalopathy. Diagnostic imaging played an important role both in diagnosing the patient acutely in the hospital and during a follow-up visit one year after treatment. Cureus 2023-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10575565/ /pubmed/37842375 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.45172 Text en Copyright © 2023, Borgemenke et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Borgemenke, Ryan
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Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report
title Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report
title_full Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report
title_fullStr Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report
title_short Wernicke Encephalopathy Secondary to Hyperemesis Gravidarum in a 22-Year-Old Female Patient: A Case Report
title_sort wernicke encephalopathy secondary to hyperemesis gravidarum in a 22-year-old female patient: a case report
topic Obstetrics/Gynecology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10575565/
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