Hyperemesis-induced Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome due to Hypergastrinemia during Long-term Treatment with Proton Pump Inhibitors

We herein report a patient with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) who had neither a history of alcoholism or of history of gastric surgery. A 56-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital because of the loss of consciousness and she was diagnosed to have Wernicke encephalopathy. She showed proto...

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Autores principales: Miyanaga, Rei, Hisahara, Shin, Ohhashi, Ikkei, Yamamoto, Daisuke, Matsumura, Akihiro, Suzuki, Syuuichirou, Tanimoto, Katsumasa, Hirakawa, Masahiro, Kawamata, Jun, Kato, Junji, Shimohama, Shun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7691029/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32669503
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.5168-20
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Sumario:We herein report a patient with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) who had neither a history of alcoholism or of history of gastric surgery. A 56-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital because of the loss of consciousness and she was diagnosed to have Wernicke encephalopathy. She showed proton pump inhibitor-induced refractory hypergastrinemia with the subsequent development of hyperemesis and a vitamin B1 deficiency.

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