Wernicke encephalopathy as rare complication of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

Wernicke encephalopathy as rare complication of cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy

•Peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC) of gastric origin is a frequent event even in the early phase of the disease.•This is the first case, to our knowledge, of Wernicke Encephalopathy (WE) complicating CRS plus HIPEC used as treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis of gastric origin.•WE is an uncommon neur...

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Main Authors: Macrì, Antonio, Fleres, Francesco, Ieni, Antonio, Rossitto, Maurizio, Mandolfino, Tommaso, Micalizzi, Salvatore, Iaropoli, Francesco, Mazzeo, Carmelo, Trovato, Massimo, Cucinotta, Eugenio, Saladino, Edoardo
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643342/

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