Wernicke encephalopathy: (MRI) picture worth a thousand words

A 61-year-old gentleman, with a long-standing history of alcohol abuse presented with altered sensorium and unsteady gait for 2 weeks. A diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) was considered. The magnetic resonance imaging brain showed features consistent with the WE, thus supporting the diagnosi...

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Autor principal: Jan, Kalimullah
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Clinical Image
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965079/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29868178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy013
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description A 61-year-old gentleman, with a long-standing history of alcohol abuse presented with altered sensorium and unsteady gait for 2 weeks. A diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) was considered. The magnetic resonance imaging brain showed features consistent with the WE, thus supporting the diagnosis. He was treated with parenteral thiamine with good outcome.
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spelling pubmed-59650792018-06-04 Wernicke encephalopathy: (MRI) picture worth a thousand words Jan, Kalimullah Oxf Med Case Reports Clinical Image A 61-year-old gentleman, with a long-standing history of alcohol abuse presented with altered sensorium and unsteady gait for 2 weeks. A diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) was considered. The magnetic resonance imaging brain showed features consistent with the WE, thus supporting the diagnosis. He was treated with parenteral thiamine with good outcome. Oxford University Press 2018-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5965079/ /pubmed/29868178 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omy013 Text en © The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965079/
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