Bilateral Blindness Following Chemoradiation for Locally Advanced Oropharyngeal Carcinoma

Wernicke's encephalopathy is a life-threatening neurologic complication of thiamine deficiency. Though the presentation of symptoms can vary widely, the classical triad is founded on ophthalmoplegia, alteration of mental status, and gait disturbance. We describe a case of Wernicke's enceph...

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Autores principales: Zeng, K. Liang, Kuruvilla, Sara, Sanatani, Michael, Louie, Alexander V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2015
Materias:
Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26623207
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.352

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26623207
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.352

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