Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Recurrent Wernicke's Encephalopathy: a Remarkable Cerebellar Lesion.
- Author:
Jung Eun KIM
1
;
Tae Hyung KIM
;
In Kyu YU
;
Bo Ram LEE
;
Soo Joo LEE
;
Gun Sei OH
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Recurrent Wernicke's encephalopathy; Cerebellum; MRI; DWI
- MeSH: Cerebellum; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging*; Thiamine; Wernicke Encephalopathy*
- From:Journal of Clinical Neurology 2006;2(2):141-145
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: We report unusual MRI findings (including those from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)) in a patient with recurrent Wernicke's encephalopathy with a remarkable cerebellar lesion. DWI showed high signal intensities in the superior portion of the cerebellar hemisphere and vermis area. After thiamine administration, clinical symptoms improved and the lesions with high signal intensities disappeared on follow-up DWI.
