Hemosiderin Detection inside the Mammillary Bodies Using Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping on Patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome

• DOI: 10.2463/mrms.ici.2022-0109
• Publication Date: 2022-12-12T22:10:12Z
• Authors: Yuri Nakamura; Yasutaka Fushimi; Takuya Hinoda; Satoshi Nakajima; Akihiko Sakata; Sachi Okuchi; Sayo Otani; Hiroshi Tagawa; Yang Wang; Satoshi Ikeda; Hirotsugu Kawashima; Maiko T Uemura; Yuji Nakamoto
• Keywords: Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping; Hemosiderin; Mammillary body; Wernicke Encephalopathy

Hemorrhage inside the mammillary bodies (MMBs) is known to be one of findings Wernicke encephalopathy. Brain MRI two patients with Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (WKS) demonstrated high susceptibility values representing hemosiderin deposition in MMBs by using quantitative mapping (QSM). QSM provided additional information susceptibility-weighted imaging diagnosis WKS.