Atypical Wernicke′s syndrome sans encephalopathy with acute bilateral vision loss due to post-chiasmatic optic tract edema

Atypical Wernicke′s syndrome sans encephalopathy with acute bilateral vision loss due to post-chiasmatic optic tract edema

A middle aged male presented with acute bilateral vision loss, 4 weeks after undergoing gastric bypass surgery for gastric carcinoma. He had normal sensorium, fundoscopy, normal pupillary reaction to light, but had mild opthalmoparesis and nystagmus with ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging of the bra...

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Main Authors: Soaham Dilip Desai, Diva Sidharth Shah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Subjects:
Gastric surgery
optic tract
thiamine
vision loss
Wernicke′s encephalopathy
Wernicke′s syndrome
Online Access:http://www.annalsofian.org/article.asp?issn=0972-2327;year=2014;volume=17;issue=1;spage=103;epage=105;aulast=Desai

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