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

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Wernicke'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 , encephalopathy , thiamine , ophthalmology , pediatrics , thiamine deficiency , ptosis

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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