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==Alcohol & CNS== | ==Alcohol & CNS== | ||
===Clinical=== | |||
*Wernicke's encephalopathy | *Wernicke's encephalopathy | ||
**Mnemonic ''WACO'': | **Mnemonic ''WACO'': | ||
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***Ocular Sx (CN IV palsy). | ***Ocular Sx (CN IV palsy). | ||
**Cause: thiamine deficiency. | **Cause: thiamine deficiency. | ||
===Pathology=== | |||
Features:<ref>http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ycdip/article/S0968-6053(07)00035-X/abstract</ref> | |||
*Morel's laminar sclerosis = spongy degeneration and gliosis of the cerebral cortex<ref>URL: [http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=114939 http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Doi=114939]. Accessed on: 22 September 2010.</ref> usu. prominent in the | |||
third layer of the cortex (outer pyramidal layer) and especially in the lateral-frontal cortex.<ref name=pmid15760886>{{cite journal |author=Johkura K, Naito M, Naka T |title=Cortical involvement in Marchiafava-Bignami disease |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=26 |issue=3 |pages=670–3 |year=2005 |month=March |pmid=15760886 |doi= |url=http://www.ajnr.org/cgi/content/full/26/3/670}}</ref> | |||
*Central pontine myelinolysis. | |||
*Mammillary body shrinkage.<ref name=pmid8947329>{{cite journal |author=Shear PK, Sullivan EV, Lane B, Pfefferbaum A |title=Mammillary body and cerebellar shrinkage in chronic alcoholics with and without amnesia |journal=Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. |volume=20 |issue=8 |pages=1489-95 |year=1996 |month=November |pmid=8947329 |doi= |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0145-6008&date=1996&volume=20&issue=8&spage=1489}}</ref> | *Mammillary body shrinkage.<ref name=pmid8947329>{{cite journal |author=Shear PK, Sullivan EV, Lane B, Pfefferbaum A |title=Mammillary body and cerebellar shrinkage in chronic alcoholics with and without amnesia |journal=Alcohol. Clin. Exp. Res. |volume=20 |issue=8 |pages=1489-95 |year=1996 |month=November |pmid=8947329 |doi= |url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/resolve/openurl?genre=article&sid=nlm:pubmed&issn=0145-6008&date=1996&volume=20&issue=8&spage=1489}}</ref> | ||
*Anterior cerebellar vermis atrophy; weak finding - as also age-related.<ref name=pmid3478969>{{cite journal |author=Torvik A |title=Brain lesions in alcoholics: neuropathological observations |journal=Acta Med. Scand. Suppl. |volume=717 |issue= |pages=47–54 |year=1987 |pmid=3478969 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
**Vermis atrophy is also seen in schizophrenia.<ref name=pmid1938163>{{cite journal |author=Sandyk R, Kay SR, Merriam AE |title=Atrophy of the cerebellar vermis: relevance to the symptoms of schizophrenia |journal=Int. J. Neurosci. |volume=57 |issue=3-4 |pages=205–12 |year=1991 |month=April |pmid=1938163 |doi= |url=}}</ref> | |||
Common associated (non-specific) findings: | |||
*[[Intracranial haemorrhage]] - usu. subdural hematoma. | |||
==Non-tumour== | ==Non-tumour== | ||