44 year old woman with acute pancreatitis and confusion: case report study

ABSTRACT

Wernike encephalopathy[WE]caused by thiamine deficiency was a critical but reversible disorder. It can be occurred after acute pancreatitis due to prolonged fasting. WE after acute pancreatitis was rarely suspected and diagnosed at early stages. We reported a 44 year-old woman with severe acute pancreatitis who developed altered mental status and bilateral nystagmus and ophthalmoplegia soon after 14 days of fasting. The brain MRI confirmed the diagnosis. After empiric treatment with thiamine all of the neurological symptoms reversed except only some antegrade and retrograde amnesia. In this case report considering thiamine deficiency in any patients with fasting and neurological symptoms, was addressed since WE was a reversible disorder if it was diagnosed in early stage