Department of General Surgery, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tanger, Morocco.
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2025, 26(01), 2418-2420
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2025.26.1.1337
Received on 10 March 2025; revised on 16 April 2025; accepted on 18 April 2025
Wernicke’s encephalopathy (WE) is a neurological disorder that arises from thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, often seen in patients with chronic alcoholism, malnutrition, or other conditions affecting thiamine absorption. This case report discusses a 50-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, chronic smoking, alcohol consumption, and a previous hemorrhagic gastric ulcer who developed WE complicated by a perforated gastric ulcer. The patient’s condition highlights the importance of considering WE in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with gastrointestinal pathology and neurological symptoms, especially when there are risk factors for thiamine deficiency.
Wernicke’s encephalopathy; Chronic alcohol consumption; Gastric ulcers; Thiamine; PPIs
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Omar Bennour, Anass Barchid, Houssam boukabouss, Anass Ahallat, Youness Aggouri and Said Ait Laalim. Wernicke’s encephalopathy complicated by perforated gastric ulcer: A case report. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2025, 26(01), 2418-2420. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2025.26.1.1337.
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