Also known as Wernicke encephalopathy, is a neurological disease characterized by the clinical triad of confusion, the inability to coordinate voluntary movement (ataxia), and eye (ocular) abnormalities.
Patient with alcoholism presenting with ataxia (wide-based ataxic gait) and ophthalmoplegia (abnormal eye movements), most consistent with Wernicke encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency)
Key idea: Alcoholism = Malnutrition (at least on NBME)
submitted by โseagull(1933)
Wernicke's syndrome (Vitamin B1 Deficiency)
Also known as Wernicke encephalopathy, is a neurological disease characterized by the clinical triad of confusion, the inability to coordinate voluntary movement (ataxia), and eye (ocular) abnormalities.