title: Transient decrease of water diffusion in Wernicke's encephalopathy.
abstract: We report water diffusion abnormalities in periventricular areas in a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy. The reduction in diffusion disappeared after 2 weeks of treatment with intravenous thiamine. We suggest that the restricted mobility of cerebral water is related to inflammatory lesions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology CHU Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Niclot
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Guichard
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Djomby
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sellier
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bousser
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chabriat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001834:Body Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013831:Thiamine; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D013831:Thiamine