Wernicke Encephalopathy in a Patient with Pulmonary and Abdominal Tuberculosis

作     者：Yun-Cui Gan Jing Jin Zhi-Xin Qiu Xue-Rong Chen Gan Yun-Cui;Jin Jing;Qiu Zhi-Xin;Chen Xue-Rong

作者机构：Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine West China Hospital Sichuan University Chengdu Sichuan 610041 China 

出 版 物：《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第130卷第22期

页      面：2757-2758页

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学科分类：10[医学] 

基　　金：supported by a grant from International Cooperation Project of Sichuan Science and Technology Department  China 

主　　题：Cerebellar Ataxia Mental Disorder Ophthalmoplegia Thiamine Deficiency Tuberculosis Wernicke Encephalopathy 

摘      要：Wernicke encephalopathy （WE） is an acute or subacute neurological syndrome caused by thiamine （Vitamin B 1） deficiency and is usually underestimated in clinical practice. WE is suspected in merely about 6% of non-alcoholic patients and one-third of alcoholic patients, Non-alcoholic causes include gastrointestinal surgery and disease, malnutrition, cancer and chemotherapeutic treatments, and long-term parenteral ***, few cases were reported about WE in patients with tuberculosis. Early diagnosis and medication are vital for the prognosis of this disease.