[Wernicke encephalopathy complicating hyperemesis gravidarum and associated with pontine myelinolysis]

Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Dec 1:19:340. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.340.5692. eCollection 2014.
[Article in French]
No abstract available

Keywords: Central pontine myelinolysis; Wernicke encephalopathy; vomiting in pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antiemetics / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Fluid Therapy
  • Humans
  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum / complications
  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum / diagnosis*
  • Hyperemesis Gravidarum / therapy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / complications
  • Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / diagnosis*
  • Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / therapy
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnosis
  • Pregnancy Complications / therapy
  • Vitamins / therapeutic use
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / complications
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / diagnosis*
  • Wernicke Encephalopathy / therapy

Substances

  • Antiemetics
  • Vitamins