Nonalcoholic Wernicke's encephalopathy.

Amanda Welsh, Peter Rogers, Fraser Clift

Journal: CJEM 2017;18(4):309-12

PMID: 25985980

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Abstract

Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) is a serious neurologic condition resulting from thiamine deficiency. The majority of cases involve alcoholism; however, nonalcohol-associated WE does occur and is under-recognized. We discuss a case of a 22-year-old man with a history of Crohn's disease who presented to our emergency department with multiple neurologic complaints related to WE.

Address: *Department of Emergency Medicine,Western Memorial Regional Hospital,Corner Brook,NL.; †Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,Memorial University of Newfoundland,St. John's,NL.; ‡Discipline of Internal Medicine,Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine,Memorial University of Newfoundland,St. John's,NL.

DOI: 10.1017/cem.2015.27

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MeSH Terms: Dysarthria, Emergency Service, Hospital, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Infusions, Intravenous, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Phenytoin, Risk Assessment, Seizures, Severity of Illness Index, Thiamine, Thiamine Deficiency, Treatment Outcome, Vertigo, Wernicke Encephalopathy, Young Adult