Open AccessWernicke's encephalopathy: Is visual loss a red herring?
Author(s) -
Kumar Sujit,
Bolar Abdul Rawoof,
Shetty Rohit,
Govindappa Sharath Kumar Goddu,
Pramod Manithody Narayan Bhat,
Agadi Jagadish Basavaraj,
Vishwanathan Lakshminarayanapuram Gopal,
Adiga Chaitra Parameshwara
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.6372
Subject(s) - ophthalmoparesis , wernicke's encephalopathy , medicine , wernicke encephalopathy , thiamine , encephalopathy , ophthalmology , surgery , pediatrics , thiamine deficiency , ptosis
Abstract 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