TY - JOUR T1 - Neglected woman with hyperemesis gravidarum leading to Wernicke encephalopathy. AU - Dasari,Papa, AU - Priyadarshini,Smitha, Y1 - 2020/12/12/ PY - 2020/12/14/entrez PY - 2020/12/15/pubmed PY - 2021/2/23/medline KW - gynaecology and fertility KW - materno-fetal medicine KW - neuroimaging KW - obstetrics JF - BMJ case reports JO - BMJ Case Rep VL - 13 IS - 12 N2 - A teenage primigravida at 13 weeks of gestation presented with hyperemesis gravidarum of 45 days and a history of giddiness and inability to walk due to involuntary movements of limbs and eyes since 2 days. She was treated with intravenous fluids, thiamine and antiemetics. MRI brain showed hyperintensities in bilateral dorsomedial thalami, periaqueductal grey matter in T2-weighted and FLAIR images. A diagnosis of Wernicke encephalopathy was made and she was managed in intensive care unit and received injection thiamine as per the guidelines and her weakness and ataxia improved over 3 weeks and she was discharged at 17 weeks of pregnancy in good state of health. SN - 1757-790X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/33310834/Neglected_woman_with_hyperemesis_gravidarum_leading_to_Wernicke_encephalopathy_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -