title: [MR tomography and computer tomography of alcohol-induced brain tissue changes].
abstract: Results of MRI in five alcoholics suffering from acute neurologic disorders such as ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and confusion are presented. The detection of focal cerebral lesions of high signal intensity in T2-weighted Spin-Echo- and Gradient-Echo-images in periventricular white matter, thalamus and pons combined with patients history and clinical presentation led to the diagnosis of Wernicke-Encephalopathia and Pontine Myelinolysis. MRI was far more sensitive compared with CT.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ostertun
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dewes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hanisch
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013788:Thalamus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: MR-Tomographie und Computertomographie von alkoholtoxischen Hirngewebsveränderungen.