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Case Reports
. 1994 Mar;15(3):594-6.

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome caused by psychogenic food refusal: MR findings

P M Doraiswamy  1 , E W Massey, K Enright, V J Palese, D Lamonica, O Boyko
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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome caused by psychogenic food refusal: MR findings

P M Doraiswamy et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1994 Mar.

Abstract

A 37-year-old woman developed Wernicke encephalopathy after prolonged psychogenic food refusal. MR revealed characteristic signal abnormalities in the midbrain and dorsal thalamus. Follow-up scans showed atrophy and third ventricular enlargement. Wernicke encephalopathy can occur in nonalcoholics, and MR imaging is useful in both the diagnosis and follow-up.

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