title: Wernicke's encephalopathy: atypical manifestation at MR imaging.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*