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Wernicke Encephalopathy

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = An acute neurological disorder characterized by the triad of ophthalmoplegia, ataxia, and disturbances of mental activity or consciousness. Eye movement abnormalities include nystagmus, external rectus palsies, and reduced conjugate gaze. THIAMINE DEFICIENCY and chronic ALCOHOLISM are associated conditions. Pathologic features include periventricular petechial hemorrhages and neuropil breakdown in the diencephalon and brainstem.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.15951, 1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15951
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, charts and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1956. Conditions mentioned include: emotional incontinence; hypertonus; and encephalopathy. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)

PR2.18620, 1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18620
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, reports, notes, charts and correspondence relating to female patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 66 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: disseminated sclerosis; and Wernicke's encephalopathy. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.18644, 1957-1958

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.18644
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, notes, report and chart relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 54 at first examination in 1957. Conditions mentioned include: head injury; alcoholism; and Wernicke's encephalitis. Nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1957-1958
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)