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Hyperintense signal change of the mammary bodies in Wernicke encephalopathy

Coronal section of cerebral MRI FLAIR sequence showing hyperintense signal change of the mammary bodies in a 66-year-old man with Wernicke encephalopathy complicating prolonged parenteral nutrition. (Source: Slim S, Ayed K, Triki W, et al. Gayet-Wernicke's encephalopathy complicating prolonged parenteral nutrition in patient treated for colonic cancer - a case report. BMC Nutr 2022;8[1]:83. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International [CC BY 4.0] license, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0. Image cropped from original.)

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