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Query: UMLS:C0029089 (
ophthalmoplegia
)
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Wernicke's encephalopathy has been associated rarely with fasting. We describe a middle-aged patient who presented in a subacute fashion with features of thiamin deficiency after marked weight reduction. Associated features were
chest pain
, possibly related to cardiac involvement, and a proximal myopathy. The Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome has been described in the literature for around 100 years. However, the classic triad of ataxia,
ophthalmoplegia
and impaired conscious state that occurs in a person with chronic alcoholism is by no means its exclusive presentation.
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PMID:Wernicke's encephalopathy after prolonged fasting. 373 79
