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Jacques L. De Reuck, MD; Guido J. Sieben, MD; Marleen R. Sieben-Praet, MD; Placide Ngendahayo, MD; Walter J. P. De Coster, PhD; Henri M. ander Eecken, MD

Arch Neurol. 1980;37(6):338-341.

Abstract
• In three treated patients with a generalized invasion by a tumor of the lymphoid-hemopoietic systems, the neuropathologic findings were consistent with Wernicke's encephalopathy. The clinical picture was atypical, but thiamine deficiency by severe malabsorption was the probable cause of this neurologic complication. It is postulated that the chronic form of Wernicke's encephalopathy must occur more frequently than previously shown in treated and long-standing cases of such kinds of tumors.

Author Affiliations
From the Department of Neurology, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, Ghent, Belgium.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication May 28, 1979.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Akademisch Ziekenhuis, De Pintelaan 135, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium (Dr De Reuck).

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