Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis in hyperemesis gravidarum

A pregnant woman, who had been suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, presented with alteration of consciousness, ocular nystagmus and ataxia. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed typical findings of Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. The clinical features res...

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Autores principales: Sutamnartpong, Panee, Muengtaweepongsa, Sombat, Kulkantrakorn, Kongkiat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3579041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23546346
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-3147.105608
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Sumario:A pregnant woman, who had been suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum, presented with alteration of consciousness, ocular nystagmus and ataxia. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the brain showed typical findings of Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. The clinical features responded dramatically to thiamine supplementation.

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