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2919377

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
From 1984 to 1988, 195 male alcoholics aged 30-64 years who died outside hospitals and nursing homes in Oslo were autopsied at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, the National Hospital, Oslo. Of the 127 brains neuropathologically examined, 86 (67.7%) showed abnormalities, and 28 contained lesions of more than one type. One or two lesions associated with alcoholism were found in 61 cases (48%). Thus, 18 (14.2%) showed Wernicke's encephalopathy, 47 (37%) cerebellar atrophy, two central pontine myelinolysis, and one hepatic encephalopathy. Subdural haematoma and/or cortical contusions were found in 30 (23.6%), and cerebrovascular lesions in 19 (15%). Of the 195 cases, 22 had a history of repeated epileptic seizures. Nineteen of them were examined neuropathologically, and 13 had focal damage that might have been responsible for their fits. The results indicate that the frequency of Wernicke's encephalopathy and cerebellar atrophy in male alcoholics who die outside hospital is similar to that previously observed in cases who died in hospital. Although cerebral damage was even more frequent among vagrants and others dependent on social support, half the men living in their own homes were also affected.
pubmed:language
nor
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0029-2001
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
109
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
454-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
[Pathologic brain damage in male alcoholics dying outside of hospitals].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract