wernicke

RATIONALE FOR THIS CASE REPORT Cerebral Salt-Wasting Syndrome (CSWS) is characterized by hyponatremia and sodium wasting in the urine. These conditions are triggered by various neurosurgical disorders such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, brain tumor, head injury, and brain surgery. To our knowledge, CSWS caused by Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) has been rarely reported. PRESENTING CONCERNS OF THE P...

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Wernicke encephalopathy is characterized by an acute manifestation of ataxia, ophthalmoparesis and an apathetic- confusional state resulting from thiamine deficiency. 80% of surviving patients develop an amnestic (Korsakoff) syndrome with memory impairment and confabulation

2004

ANDREAS FELLGIEBEL THOMAS SIESSMEIER GEORG WINTERER HARTMUT LÜDDENS KLAUS MANN LUTZ G SCHMIDT PETER BARTENSTEIN

Aims: To investigate a possible relationship between cerebellar glucose metabolism and recovery from ataxia in the first months of acute Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome. Methods: Two cases of alcoholic Wernicke–Korsakoff syndrome were followed up with the clinical status and cerebral glucose metabolism over a 4and 9-month period. Results: Initially both patients showed severe ataxia and elevated ce...

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