Open AccessWERNICKE'S ENCEPHALOPATHY PRESENTING WITH SEVERE DYSPHAGIA: A CASE REPORT
Author(s) -
Mikael Truedsson,
Bodil Ohlsson,
Klas Sjöberg
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
alcohol and alcoholism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.747
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1464-3502
pISSN - 0735-0414
DOI - 10.1093/alcalc/37.3.295
Subject(s) - dysphagia , medicine , wernicke encephalopathy , encephalopathy , wernicke's encephalopathy , pediatrics , surgery , psychiatry , thiamine , thiamine deficiency
A 62-year-old man developed dysphagia 4 weeks before the classic symptoms and signs of Wernicke's encephalopathy appeared. Adequate treatment with parenteral thiamine resulted in complete recovery of all symptoms, including his dysphagia. This extraordinary presentation with dysphagia, and the unusual course of the disease, encouraged us to present this case history.
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