Wernicke encephalopathy and ethanol-related syndromes.

Abstract

Ethanol causes diverse neurologic conditions caused by acute and chronic brain damage. This review provides an overview of Wernicke encephalopathy and other ethanol-related brain changes, such as chronic brain atrophy, Marchiafava-Bignami disease, osmotic demyelination syndrome, chronic hepatic encephalopathy, and acute alcohol withdrawal. As clinical symptoms of this spectrum of diseases have nonspecific neurologic alterations, radiologists should have current radiologic information and understand the imaging findings pertaining to the pathophysiology to support diagnosis.

• Authors: Tae Eun Kim, Eun Ja Lee, Jeong Bo Young, Dong Jae Shin, Ji Hoon Kim
• Journal: Seminars in ultrasound, CT, and MR (Semin Ultrasound CT MR) Vol. 35 Issue 2 Pg. 85-96 (Apr 2014) ISSN: 1558-5034 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24745886 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)
• Copyright: © 2013 Published by Elsevier Inc.

Chemical References

• Ethanol

Topics

• Alcoholism (diagnosis, etiology)
• Ethanol (poisoning)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (methods)
• Syndrome
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed (methods)
• Wernicke Encephalopathy (chemically induced, diagnosis)