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We report a 13-year-old girl with leukaemia and Wernicke's encephalopathy induced by total parenteral nutrition. MRI showed unusual bilateral lesions of the caudate nuclei and cerebral cortex, as well as typical lesions surrounding the third ventricle and aqueduct. After intravenous thiamine, the patient improved, and the abnormalities on MRI disappeared.
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Received: 17 December 1999/Accepted: 15 February 2000
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D'Aprile, P., Tarantino, A., Santoro, N. et al. Wernicke's encephalopathy induced by total parenteral nutrition in patient with acute leukaemia: unusual involvement of caudate nuclei and cerebral cortex on MRI. Neuroradiology 42, 781–783 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340000393
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002340000393