title: FLAIR appearance of Wernicke encephalopathy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ashikaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ono
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ishida
mesh_terms: 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*