title: Subacute encephalopathy with seizures in chronic alcoholism (SESA syndrome).
abstract: Report of a case of SESA syndrome: a rare CNS complication of chronic alcoholism, known since 1981 and characterized by epileptic seizures, multiple and reversible neurological deficits, as well as PLEDs in the EEG. The MRI showed enhanced occipital signals in the T2-weighted sequence, which resolved together with the clinical findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Epileptology, Academic Hospital (University Ulm), Die Weissenau.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rothmeier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Friese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Willemsen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Froescher
mesh_terms: D020268:Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000503:physiopathology