Brain stem auditory evoked responses (BAERs) were performed on 25 alcoholic patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, 56 alcoholic patients without Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, 24 of whom had cerebellar ataxia, and 37 control subjects. Abnormal BAERs were found in 48% of patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, in 25% of alcoholic patients without Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome but with cerebel...

Background: Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas, which are important language areas of brain, are commonly irradiated in patients with right frontal lobe glioblastomamultiforme (GBM). We aimed to compare two different treatment planning techniques in terms of the doses in the Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas for the patients with right frontal GBM. Materials and Methods: Two differ...

Wernicke encephalopathy is caused by thiamine deficiency. Although the clinical picture has been well established for some time, clinical diagnosis is attained in only 20% of the cases. MR imaging techniques contribute to early diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy. We herein report MR imaging and proton MR spectroscopic findings for a patient with clinical and biochemical features consistent wi...

Wernicke encephalopathy is a disease that constitutes a medical emergency, but one that can be reversed with thiamine repletion if it is recognized early. Patients with cancer have a high risk of Wernicke encephalopathy because of malnutrition, the use of chemotherapeutic agents, and disease progression. Korsakoff syndrome can follow or accompany Wernicke encephalopathy. Although patients can r...

Carl Wernicke described first Wernicke encephalopathy in 1881. He reported a pathological clinical situation, which comprises a triad of symptoms with acute mental confusion, ataxia, and ophthalmoplegia. He described three patients, two with a story of high alcohol consumption and one patient with persistent vomiting that presented with progressive stupor and coma, progressing to death. After t...

BACKGROUND Surgical exclusion of portions of the gastrointestinal tract is a predisposing risk factor for the development of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome. When this disease occurs, it is usually within weeks after the gastrointestinal surgery. However, it is not well known that Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome may occur after a long latent interval following gastrectomy. SETTING A research-oriented...

Wernicke encephalopathy is a neurologic disorder that results from thiamine deficiency. It is associated with a classic triad of symptoms consisting of ataxia, ocular motor cranial neuropathies, and changes in consciousness. We report 3 cases of Wernicke encephalopathy in which MR imaging, including diffusion-weighted imaging, was performed at the onset and during follow-up. MR imaging findings...

Anorexia nervosa presenting as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is rare. The causes of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome are multiple like alcohol abuse, thyrotoxicosis, haemodialysis, severe malnutrition because of gastric carcinoma and pyloric obstruction, hyperemesis gravidarum, and prolonged parenteral feeding. We report a case of anorexia nervosa, who presented with Wernicke's encephalopathy and prog...

OBJECTIVE To characterize the clinical features, risk factors, radiographic findings, and prognosis of Wernicke encephalopathy after bariatric surgery. METHODS We performed a systematic review of MEDLINE, Embase, Ovid, ISI (Science Citation Index), and Google Scholar for case reports, case series, or cohort studies of Wernicke encephalopathy after bariatric surgery. RESULTS We found 32 case...

Die Wernicke-Encephalopathie (WE) ist eine neurologische Komplikation eines klinisch manifesten Thiaminmangels. Thiaminmangelerscheinungen stellen relevante Ursache für akutes und subakutes Delir dar haben verheerende Langzeitfolgen. In der vorliegenden Kasuistik berichten wir über Thiaminsubstitution im Falle 49-jährigen Patienten, welcher Rahmen einer Alkoholabhängigkeitserkrankung zum körper...