Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Recurrent Wernicke's Encephalopathy: a Remarkable Cerebellar Lesion.
We report unusual MRI findings (including those from diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI)) in a patient with recurrent Wernicke's encephalopathy with a remarkable cerebellar lesion. DWI showed high signal intensities in the superior portion of the cerebellar hemisphere and vermis area. After thiamine administration, clinical symptoms improved and the lesions with high signal intensities disappeared on follow-up DWI.
Kim
Jung Eun
JE
Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
Kim
Tae Hyung
TH
Yu
In Kyu
IK
Lee
Bo Ram
BR
Lee
Soo Joo
SJ
Oh
Gun Sei
GS
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