A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy

Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a neurological complication of thiamine deficiency characterized by a triad of acute confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia. Even though it is most common in chronic alcoholism, an increase in prevalence has been reported recently due to the increased popularity of...

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Autores principales: Kandlakunta, Harika, Gurala, Dhineshreddy, Philipose, Jobin, Polavarapu, Abhishek, Abergel, Jeffrey R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Gastroenterology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983673
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9970
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author Kandlakunta, Harika
Gurala, Dhineshreddy
Philipose, Jobin
Polavarapu, Abhishek
Abergel, Jeffrey R
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description Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a neurological complication of thiamine deficiency characterized by a triad of acute confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia. Even though it is most common in chronic alcoholism, an increase in prevalence has been reported recently due to the increased popularity of bariatric surgeries. WE is a known neurological complication after gastric bypass surgery but rarely reported after sleeve gastrectomy. We present a unique case of WE in pregnant women four months after sleeve gastrectomy.
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spelling pubmed-75105452020-09-24 A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy Kandlakunta, Harika Gurala, Dhineshreddy Philipose, Jobin Polavarapu, Abhishek Abergel, Jeffrey R Cureus Gastroenterology Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a neurological complication of thiamine deficiency characterized by a triad of acute confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia. Even though it is most common in chronic alcoholism, an increase in prevalence has been reported recently due to the increased popularity of bariatric surgeries. WE is a known neurological complication after gastric bypass surgery but rarely reported after sleeve gastrectomy. We present a unique case of WE in pregnant women four months after sleeve gastrectomy. Cureus 2020-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7510545/ /pubmed/32983673 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9970 Text en Copyright © 2020, Kandlakunta et al. http://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.
spellingShingle Gastroenterology
Kandlakunta, Harika
Gurala, Dhineshreddy
Philipose, Jobin
Polavarapu, Abhishek
Abergel, Jeffrey R
A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
title A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
title_full A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
title_fullStr A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
title_short A Case of Wernicke’s Encephalopathy in a Pregnant Woman With a History of Sleeve Gastrectomy
title_sort case of wernicke’s encephalopathy in a pregnant woman with a history of sleeve gastrectomy
topic Gastroenterology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7510545/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32983673
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9970
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