Figure 6: Hemorrhagic damage, Wernicke's encephalopathy, caused by chronic
alcohol intoxication or deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, is characterized
by small flea-bite size hemorrhages in the inferior colliculi (here labeled corpus
quadrigeminum posterior) from dilated blood vessels that burst.
From Kant F. Die Pseudoencephalitis Wernicke der Alkoholiker. (polio-encephalitis haemorrhagica
superior acuta). Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten 1933; 98:702-768.
alcohol intoxication or deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency, is characterized
by small flea-bite size hemorrhages in the inferior colliculi (here labeled corpus
quadrigeminum posterior) from dilated blood vessels that burst.
From Kant F. Die Pseudoencephalitis Wernicke der Alkoholiker. (polio-encephalitis haemorrhagica
superior acuta). Archiv für Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten 1933; 98:702-768.
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