Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Chapter 15 Neurologic Manifestations of Nutritional Disorders Priya S. Dhawan and Brent P. Goodman Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 15-1 A 60-year-old woman with copper deficiency in the setting of long-standing excessive use of zinc-containing denture cream. Sagittal (A) and axial (B) T2-weighted cervical spine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences demonstrate hyperintensity involving the posterior columns of the spinal cord. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Figure 15-2 Acute Wernicke encephalopathy resulting from malnutrition in a 22-year-old woman. Axial brain MRI fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) sequences demonstrate hyperintensity involving the thalamus bilaterally (A) and the periventricular region of the third ventricle (B). Axial diffusion-weighted sequences (C) show periventricular signal change. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.