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Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
2016
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- Wernicke’s encephalopathy with chorea Jivago S. Sabatini Gustavo Leopold Schutz-Pereira Fabrício Feltrin Hélio Afonso Ghizone Teive Carlos Henrique Ferreira Camargo Medicina chorea dementia movement disorders thiamine deficiency Wernicke’s encephalopathy We present a case report of motor and cognitive disorders in a 36-year-old woman with a history of twelve years of heavy alcohol abuse. The patient presented depressive symptoms over the course of one year after a loss in the family, evolving with ataxia, bradykinesia and choreiform movements. Progressive cognitive decline, sleep alterations and myalgia were also reported during the course of disease evolution. Physical examination revealed spastic paraparesis with fixed flexion of the hips and knees with important pain upon extension of these joints. Initial investigation suggested the diagnosis of thiamine deficiency by brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). 2016 artículo científico 1980-5764 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=339548909021 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3395 Dementia & Neuropsychologia application/pdf Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento Dementia & Neuropsychologia (Brasil) Num.4 Vol.10