Korsakoffs psychosis, about an interesting case

Irelis González López; Enrique Marcos Sierra Benítez; Mairiannys Quianella León Pérez; Elso Michel Figueroa García; Amarely Aguilera Hernández; Lazaro Urbano Olivera Manzano

2017, Number S1

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Rev Méd Electrón 2017; 39 (S1)

Korsakoff's psychosis, about an interesting case

González LI, Sierra BEM, León PMQ, Figueroa GEM, Aguilera HA, Olivera MLU

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ABSTRACT

Korsakoff psychosis is one of the most frequent causes of amnesia. It is characterized by mental confusion, impairment of the recent memory and confabulation. It is presented the case of a male patient, aged 53 years, who smoked 1 packet of cigarettes a day during more than 35 years, risk drinker with antecedents of arterial hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. He was diagnosed as Korsakoff psychosis due to the thiamine or B1 vitamin deficit. Korsakoff psychosis is an amnesic syndrome that may be preceded or not by Wernicke encephalopathy, so there are diagnosed fewer cases than those truly existing. That is why it is a problem frequently underdiagnosed in health care institutions, making interesting this disease´s knowledge.