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Transient decrease of water diffusion in Wernicke's encephalopathy
P Niclot1, J P Guichard, R Djomby
1Department of Neurology CHU Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75010 Paris, France.
Neuroradiology
|March 27, 2002
Abstract:
We report water diffusion abnormalities in periventricular areas in a patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy. The reduction in diffusion disappeared after 2 weeks of treatment with intravenous thiamine. We suggest that the restricted mobility of cerebral water is related to inflammatory lesions.