MRI Findings in Wernicke's Encephalopathy with Hyperemesis Gravidarum

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 8(1); 1990 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1990;8(1): 139-144.

임신오조에 수반되어 발생한 Wernicke증후군 1예의 MRI 소견

박형국, 정항재,백근섭,이광호,김대호

순천향대학교 신경과, 방사선과.

MRI Findings in Wernicke's Encephalopathy with Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Hyung Kook Park, M.D., Hang Jae Chung, M.D., Keun Seop Baek, M.D., Kwang Ho Lee, M.D., Dae Ho Kim, M.D.

Department of Neurology and Radiology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University

Abstract

A 25 year old female patient with hyperemesis gravidarum developed mental confusion, gait disturbance and diplopia. MRI of this patient showed high-signal lesions in thalamus, floor of the fourth ventricle, periaqueductal gray matter, mammillary body, and corpora quadrigemina, The high signal areas correlated well with the anatomical distribution of pathologic lesions in wernicke's encephalopathy previously described.

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