Non-alcoholic Wernicke encephalopathy presenting as bilateral hearing loss: a case report

J Neurol. 2019 Apr;266(4):1027-1030. doi: 10.1007/s00415-019-09220-4. Epub 2019 Feb 7.

Authors

Luca Prosperini¹, Alessandro Stasolla², Gabriella Grieco³, Carmela Gerace², Carla Tortorella²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, C.ne Gianicolense 87, 00152, Rome, Italy. luca.prosperini@gmail.com.
² Department of Neurosciences, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, C.ne Gianicolense 87, 00152, Rome, Italy.
³ Emergency Department, S. Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, C.ne Gianicolense 87, 00152, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 30729314
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-019-09220-4

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Hearing Loss, Bilateral / diagnosis*
Hearing Loss, Bilateral / therapy
Humans
Male
Wernicke Encephalopathy / diagnosis*
Wernicke Encephalopathy / therapy