Nonalcoholic Wernicke's Encephalopathy Associated with Unintentional Weight Loss, Cholecystectomy, and Intractable Vomiting: The Role of Dual Thiamine and Corticosteroid Therapy

A 23-year-old male with one month of intractable vomiting, subsequent cholecystitis status post cholecystectomy, and overall 40-pound weight loss over the last few months presented with altered mental status and seizures. MRI showed signal abnormalities involving the hypothalamus, periaqueductal gra...

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Autores principales: Verma, Vivek, Donadee, Chenell, Gomez, Leslie, Zaretskaya, Marina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/430729

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3970253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24716018
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/430729

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