Epileptic seizures in nonalcoholic Wernicke’s encephalopathy: a case report and literature review

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Wenjin Shang
Xiuhui Chen
Xunhua Li
Hongbing Chen
Shujin Tang
Hua Hong
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[1] First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,Department of Neurology
[2] Seventh Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University,Department of Neurology
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Metabolic Brain Disease | 2017年 / 32卷
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Wernicke encephalopathy; Nonalcoholic; Seizure; Cortical impairment; Prognosis;
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Wernicke encephalopathy (WE) is characterized by eye signs, cerebellar dysfunction, and confusion. Epileptic seizures are rare in nonalcoholic WE. We reviewed the clinical, laboratory, radiological, and prognostic characteristics of nonalcoholic WE accompanied by epileptic seizures. We reported 1 case and searched similar cases using PubMed, WoK, Ovid, and Embase. WE was diagnosed according to dietary deficiencies, clinical symptoms and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We reviewed 13 patients (median age, 27 years; 5 men) with clear histories of thiamine deficiency and symptoms of typical WE. The type of epileptic seizures reported in the 13 cases reviewed was generically reported as seizures or convulsions in 4 patients; 7 patients had generalized tonic-clonic seizures, 1 partial seizure, and 1 generalized convulsive status epileptics. Two patients had epileptic seizures as the first symptom of WE. Laboratory tests mainly indicated metabolic acidosis and electrolyte disturbances. Electroencephalography may present as normal patterns, increased slow waves or epileptic discharge. Six patients had cortical lesions on brain MRI. These lesions were usually diffuse and band-like, and sometimes involved all lobes either symmetrically or asymmetrically, with the frontal lobe as the most susceptible area. All cortical lesions were accompanied by non-cortical lesions typical of WE. Brain MRI abnormalities, after thiamine treatment, mostly disappeared on follow-up MRIs. The patients had good prognoses. Only 1 patient had repeated seizures, and there were no comas or deaths. Patients with nonalcoholic WE accompanied by seizures are young and generally have good prognoses. Most patients experienced generalized convulsive seizures, which may have been related to abnormal cerebral cortical metabolism due to subacute thiamine deficiency.
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