Wernicke's encephalopathy: atypical manifestation at MR imaging.
We report a case of atypical manifestation of hyperintense lesions in a 64-year-old female patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy. Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery and T2-weighted images demonstrated symmetrical distribution of hyperintense lesions in cerebellar dentate nuclei, tegmentum of the lower pons, red nuclei, and tectum of the midbrain, and T1-weighted sagittal images showed atrophy of the mamillary bodies. The hyperintense lesions were completely resolved on follow-up MR images.
Bae
S J
SJ
Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Lee
H K
HK
Lee
J H
JH
Choi
C G
CG
Suh
D C
DC
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*