Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy
A 61 year old male presented to the ED with altered mental status after being found down at home with several beer cans around him. He was noted to have horizontal nystagmus on hospital day 2 and a MRI was performed. MRI showed bilateral thalamic enhancement (Figure 1, arrows) on flair imaging con...
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doaj-5981ec029f6f4912b4664e9d89df6b9b2020-11-24T22:23:10ZengArizona Thoracic SocietySouthwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care2160-67732013-02-01628383Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathyReyes NMossier JA 61 year old male presented to the ED with altered mental status after being found down at home with several beer cans around him. He was noted to have horizontal nystagmus on hospital day 2 and a MRI was performed. MRI showed bilateral thalamic enhancement (Figure 1, arrows) on flair imaging consistent with Wernicke’s encephalopathy. His thiamine dose was increased with improvement in his mental status.http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2013/2/13/medical-image-of-the-week-mri-of-wernickes-encephalopathy.htmlMRIWernicke's encepaholopathybrainthalmic enhancement |
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Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy |
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Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy |
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Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy |
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Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy |
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Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy |
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medical image of the week: mri of wernicke's encephalopathy |
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Arizona Thoracic Society |
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Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care |
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A 61 year old male presented to the ED with altered mental status after being found down at home with several beer cans around him. He was noted to have horizontal nystagmus on hospital day 2 and a MRI was performed. MRI showed bilateral thalamic enhancement (Figure 1, arrows) on flair imaging consistent with Wernicke’s encephalopathy. His thiamine dose was increased with improvement in his mental status. |
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MRI Wernicke's encepaholopathy brain thalmic enhancement |
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