Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report

Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a rare neurologic disease caused by a deficiency in thiamine (B1). It is characterized by features of altered mental status, cerebellar dysfunction, and ophthalmoplegia. Most often, cases are attributed to long-term alcohol use; however, rarer causes have been descr...

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Autores principales: Punal, Natalie, Prasad, Supritha, Haque, Afsara, Lei, Justin, Santiago, Gaia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9089282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547424
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24009
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author Punal, Natalie
Prasad, Supritha
Haque, Afsara
Lei, Justin
Santiago, Gaia
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Prasad, Supritha
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Santiago, Gaia
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description Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a rare neurologic disease caused by a deficiency in thiamine (B1). It is characterized by features of altered mental status, cerebellar dysfunction, and ophthalmoplegia. Most often, cases are attributed to long-term alcohol use; however, rarer causes have been described in the literature. In this article, we describe a case of WE caused by hyperemesis gravidarum in a 19-year-old female with no known medical history.
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spelling pubmed-90892822022-05-10 Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report Punal, Natalie Prasad, Supritha Haque, Afsara Lei, Justin Santiago, Gaia Cureus Internal Medicine Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a rare neurologic disease caused by a deficiency in thiamine (B1). It is characterized by features of altered mental status, cerebellar dysfunction, and ophthalmoplegia. Most often, cases are attributed to long-term alcohol use; however, rarer causes have been described in the literature. In this article, we describe a case of WE caused by hyperemesis gravidarum in a 19-year-old female with no known medical history. Cureus 2022-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9089282/ /pubmed/35547424 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24009 Text en Copyright © 2022, Punal et al. https://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 Internal Medicine
Punal, Natalie
Prasad, Supritha
Haque, Afsara
Lei, Justin
Santiago, Gaia
Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report
title Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report
title_full Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report
title_fullStr Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report
title_short Hyperemesis Gravidarum Complicated by Wernicke’s Encephalopathy: A Case Report
title_sort hyperemesis gravidarum complicated by wernicke’s encephalopathy: a case report
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9089282/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35547424
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.24009
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