Do acute lesions of Wernicke's encephalopathy show contrast enhancement? Report of three cases and review of the literature

Neuroradiology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 249-254

  Mascalchi, M ^a,e   Simonelli, P ^b   Tessa, C ^a   Giangaspero, F ^c   Petruzzi, P ^a   Bosincu, L ^f   Conti, M ^f   Sechi, G ^f   Salvi, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Caeggi   (Italy)

^c BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Contrast enhancement imaging; Magnetic resonance; Wernicke's encephalopathy

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WERNICKE ENCEPHALOPATHY;

EID: 0032914278     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050741     Document Type: Article

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