Background A 17-year-old pregnant woman presented to hospital at 19 weeks' gestation with an 8-week history of hyperemesis gravidarum, 16.8 kg of weight loss, and new-onset weakness, dizziness and ...

A 50 year-old woman with intractable vomiting developed confusion, poor memory and loss of vision. Wernicke's Encephalopathy: (Left) Flair axial MRI, (Middle) T1-weighted axial MRI, (Right) ...

While attending the 2018 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting in Los Angeles, California, Medscape contributor Andrew N. Wilner, MD, interviewed Ariel Lyons-Warren, MD, PhD, about her case ...

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A diagnosis of Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is difficult. Transient hypotension has been reported as a rare complication of WE. 1, 2 Herein, we report a case of WE with prolonged hypotension. A ...

What is Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome? Wernicke syndrome and Korsakoff syndrome are distinct but overlapping disorders that occur due to a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), malnutrition, other ...

Some obese people who have weight-loss surgery, particularly younger women, develop a neurological condition most often seen in severe alcoholics and linked to a vitamin deficiency, researchers said ...

A 52 year-old man with a history of alcohol abuse was brought in by his family for confusion. On examination, he had bilateral sixth nerve palsies and difficulty with upgaze. Wernicke's encephalopathy ...