Yeungnam Univ J Med.
2010 Jun;27(1):37-41. 10.12701/yujm.2010.27.1.37.
A Case of Severe Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy with Extensive Brain Lesions in Non-diabetics and Alcoholism
- Affiliations
-
- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. sjlee@med.yu.ac.kr
- KMID: 1462709
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2010.27.1.37
Abstract
- Hypoglycemic encephalopathy is a rare problem among diabetic patients who are receiving treatment with insulin or other glucose-lowering drugs. The MRIs of patients with hypoglycemic encephalopathy commonly show scattered lesions in the cerebral cortex, hippocampus and basal ganglia, but lesions in the cerebellum or brain stem are extremely rare. A 44-year-old alcoholic woman without diabetes was admitted with a semicomatose mentality and seizure with severe hypoglycemic encephalopathy with extensive brain lesions seen on MRI at the middle cerebellar peduncle and midbrain, as well as in the other brain areas.
Keyword
- Full Text Links
-
- Actions
-
Cited
- CITED
-
- Close
- Share
-
- Similar articles
-
- Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy in an Alcoholic: A case report
- Rapid Regression of White Matter Changes in Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy
- A Case of Wernicke's Encephalopathy Associated with Hyperemesis Gravidarum
- An Atypical Case of Neonatal Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy with Extensive White Matter Lesions
- Abnormal Visual Evoked Potential Response from Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy in Two Neonates
