title: Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome caused by psychogenic food refusal: MR findings.
abstract: A 37-year-old woman developed Wernicke encephalopathy after prolonged psychogenic food refusal. MR revealed characteristic signal abnormalities in the midbrain and dorsal thalamus. Follow-up scans showed atrophy and third ventricular enlargement. Wernicke encephalopathy can occur in nonalcoholics, and MR imaging is useful in both the diagnosis and follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Doraiswamy
authors.forename: E W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Massey
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Enright
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Palese
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lamonica
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Boyko
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*