Medical image of the week: MRI of Wernicke's encephalopathy
A 61 year old male presented to the ED with altered mental status after being found down at home with several beer cans around him. He was noted to have horizontal nystagmus on hospital day 2 and a MRI was performed. MRI showed bilateral thalamic enhancement (Figure 1, arrows) on flair imaging con...
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| Language: | English |
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Arizona Thoracic Society
2013-02-01
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| Series: | Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://www.swjpcc.com/imaging/2013/2/13/medical-image-of-the-week-mri-of-wernickes-encephalopathy.html |