Journal of Clinical Neurology  2006;2(2):141-145

doi:10.3988/jcn.2006.2.2.141

Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Recurrent Wernicke's Encephalopathy: a Remarkable Cerebellar Lesion.

Jung Eun KIM 1 ; Tae Hyung KIM ; In Kyu YU ; Bo Ram LEE ; Soo Joo LEE ; Gun Sei OH

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Keywords

Recurrent Wernicke's encephalopathy; Cerebellum; MRI; DWI

Country

Republic 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.