Wernicke's encephalopathy: Is visual loss a red herring?

Predominantly visual loss, is very rare in Wernicke's encephalopathy. A 22 year old lady, in her 28th week of gestation, presented with a confused mental state, bilateral papilloedema with retinal hemorrhages, ophthalmoparesis, and cerebellar signs. Her MRI brain was suggestive of Wernicke'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kumar, Sujit, Bolar, Abdul Rawoof, Shetty, Rohit, Govindappa, Sharath Kumar Goddu, Pramod, Manithody Narayan Bhat, Agadi, Jagadish Basavaraj, Vishwanathan, Lakshminarayanapuram Gopal, Adiga, Chaitra Parameshwara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9510764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36188048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6372
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Sumario:Predominantly visual loss, is very rare in Wernicke's encephalopathy. A 22 year old lady, in her 28th week of gestation, presented with a confused mental state, bilateral papilloedema with retinal hemorrhages, ophthalmoparesis, and cerebellar signs. Her MRI brain was suggestive of Wernicke's encephalopathy and she recovered with intravenous thiamine

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