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**Malnourishment often accompanies [[alcoholism]]. | **Malnourishment often accompanies [[alcoholism]]. | ||
Features: | Features:<ref name=pmid3929155>{{Cite journal | last1 = Torvik | first1 = A. | title = Two types of brain lesions in Wernicke's encephalopathy. | journal = Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = 179-90 | month = | year = | doi = | PMID = 3929155 }}</ref> | ||
*Neurons preserved - '''key'''. | *Neurons of mammillary bodies preserved - '''key'''. | ||
*Loss of myelin. | *Loss of myelin. | ||
*Hemorrhage. | *Hemorrhage. | ||
*Edema. | *Edema. | ||
*Reactive blood vessels. | *Reactive blood vessels. | ||
Note: | |||
*The thalamus and inferior olives show neuronal loss.<ref name=pmid3929155/> | |||
====Common non-specific findings==== | ====Common non-specific findings==== | ||