FLAIR appearance of Wernicke encephalopathy.
We performed MR imaging of the brain with both conventional spin-echo (SE) and fluid-attenuated inversion-recovery (FLAIR) sequences in a case of Wernicke encephalopathy. Lesion conspicuity was found to be better with FLAIR imaging.
Ashikaga
R
R
Department of Radiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Araki
Y
Y
Ono
Y
Y
Itami
N
N
Akamatsu
M
M
Kinoshita
K
K
Ishida
O
O
D016477:Artifacts; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002555:Cerebrospinal Fluid; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*