Wernicke's Encephalopathy in a Patient with Peptic Ulcer Disease

We report a 74-year-old man with Wernicke's encephalopathy (WE) whose only prior illness was peptic ulcer disease. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy demonstrated gastric ulcer scars accompanied by marked deformity, without pathologic evidence of malignancy. WE due to peptic ulcer disease in prev...

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Main Authors: Akinori Uruha, Toshio Shimizu, Tomoji Katoh, Yasushi Yamasaki, Shiro Matsubara
פורמט: Article
שפה:English
יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
סדרה:Case Reports in Medicine
גישה מקוונת:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/156104