Söylemez Cansu, Emre Ufuk, Yalin Osman Özgür, Tekeşin Aysel
İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, Department of Neurology, İstanbul, Turkey.
Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2018 Jul 5;56(2):157-161. doi: 10.5152/npa.2017.19186. eCollection 2019 Jun.
Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is a neuropsychiatric syndrome caused by thiamine deficiency. In addition to the classical symptoms (oculomotor disorder, confusion, and ataxia), acute polyneuropathy is reported to accompany the clinical condition occasionally. In this case report, we intended to present and attract attention to this rare and significant clinical table which starts with application for WE clinical condition, and is accompanied by acute axonal polyneuropathy in the follow-up stage.
韦尼克脑病(WE)是一种由硫胺素缺乏引起的神经精神综合征。除了经典症状(动眼神经障碍、意识模糊和共济失调)外,据报道急性多发性神经病偶尔会伴随这种临床病症出现。在本病例报告中,我们旨在呈现并引起对这种罕见且重要的临床情况的关注,该情况始于因韦尼克脑病临床病症就诊,并在后续阶段伴有急性轴索性多发性神经病。