A Rare Case of Wernicke Encephalopathy in Stage IV Gastric Cancer

Arya Nikjoo; Hytham Rashid; Randy Chung; Mir Ali Sadat

A Rare Case of Wernicke Encephalopathy in Stage IV Gastric Cancer

Arya Nikjoo
, Hytham Rashid
, Randy Chung
, Mir Ali Sadat

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood

HCA Healthcare

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Abstract

A 38-year-old male with stage IV gastric adenocarcinoma presented with abdominal pain, nausea, bilious non-bloody vomiting, and lethargy. He was found to have an ileus and was treated appropriately with bowel rest and nasogastric tube decompression. However, the patient was also noted to have confusion and nystagmus. While he was abstinent from alcohol for 20 years, he was found to have Wernicke Encephalopathy (WE) as a result of malnutrition from the underlying malignancy.

Original language	American English
Journal	Internal Medicine
State	Published - Feb 20 2022

Keywords

wernicke encephalopathy
metabolic encephalopathy
confusion
malignancy
malnutrition

Disciplines

Digestive System Diseases
Internal Medicine
Neoplasms
Nervous System Diseases

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A Rare Case of Wernicke Encephalopathy in Stage IV Gastric Cancer

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