TY - JOUR
T1 - Wernicke’s encephalopathy with chorea
T2 - Neuroimaging findings
AU - Sabatini, Jivago S.
AU - Schutz-Pereira, Gustavo Leopold
AU - Feltrin, Fabrício
AU - Teive, Hélio Afonso Ghizone
AU - Camargo, Carlos Henrique Ferreira
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Academia Brasileira de Neurologia. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - We present a case report of motor and cognitive disorders in a 36-year-old woman with a history of twelve years of heavy alcohol abuse. The patient presented depressive symptoms over the course of one year after a loss in the family, evolving with ataxia, bradykinesia and choreiform movements. Progressive cognitive decline, sleep alterations and myalgia were also reported during the course of disease evolution. Physical examination revealed spastic paraparesis with fixed flexion of the hips and knees with important pain upon extension of these joints. Initial investigation suggested the diagnosis of thiamine deficiency by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
AB - We present a case report of motor and cognitive disorders in a 36-year-old woman with a history of twelve years of heavy alcohol abuse. The patient presented depressive symptoms over the course of one year after a loss in the family, evolving with ataxia, bradykinesia and choreiform movements. Progressive cognitive decline, sleep alterations and myalgia were also reported during the course of disease evolution. Physical examination revealed spastic paraparesis with fixed flexion of the hips and knees with important pain upon extension of these joints. Initial investigation suggested the diagnosis of thiamine deficiency by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
KW - Chorea
KW - Dementia
KW - Movement disorders
KW - Thiamine deficiency
KW - Wernicke’s encephalopathy
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U2 - 10.1590/s1980-5764-2016dn1004020
DO - 10.1590/s1980-5764-2016dn1004020
M3 - Article
C2 - 29213485
AN - SCOPUS:85007564185
SN - 1980-5764
VL - 10
SP - 370
EP - 372
JO - Dementia e Neuropsychologia
JF - Dementia e Neuropsychologia
IS - 4
ER -