title: Diffusion-Weighted MRI in Recurrent Wernicke's Encephalopathy: a Remarkable Cerebellar Lesion.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Konyang University College of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Tae Hyung
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: In Kyu
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bo Ram
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Soo Joo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Gun Sei
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Oh
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