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Case Presentation: A 58-year-old woman with no history of alcohol use underwent a Whipple procedure for pancreatic head adenocarcinoma. Her postoperative course included an anastomotic leak, prolonged open-abdomen management, severely restricted oral intake, and long-term total parenteral nutrition. Approximately 1.5 months after surgery, she developed fluctuating confusion, visual hallucinations, marked recent-memory impairment, diplopia, nystagmus, and gait ataxia, initially interpreted as postoperative delirium\/metabolic encephalopathy. Approximately two years later, persistent anterograde amnesia, cerebellar and oculomotor findings, and neuropsychological deficits in attention, memory, and executive functions led to clinical suspicion of previous WE. Re-evaluation of the acute MRI showed bilateral medial thalamic and periaqueductal FLAIR hyperintensities that were absent on follow-up imaging, supporting the retrospective diagnosis; the persistent amnestic syndrome was compatible with Korsakoff syndrome. B-complex vitamin supplementation was initiated, followed by 10 weekly 60 min cognitive rehabilitation sessions and a family-supported home program. Family members reported improved retention of recent information and greater daily independence, but formal post-treatment neuropsychological reassessment could not be completed. Conclusions: This case highlights the difficulty of recognizing non-alcoholic WE during a complicated postoperative course. The observed functional changes cannot be attributed specifically to rehabilitation because vitamin supplementation, nutritional recovery, spontaneous recovery, and rehabilitation occurred within the same follow-up period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports9030290","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]],"date-time":"2026-09-01T05:45:13Z","timestamp":1788241513000},"page":"290","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Non-Alcoholic Wernicke\u2013Korsakoff Syndrome After a Whipple Procedure: Delayed Recognition, Neuropsychological Findings, and Rehabilitation Follow-Up: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2546-216X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u00dclk\u00fc Figen","family":"Demir","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Yeni Y\u00fczy\u0131l University, 34010 Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-2427-5782","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fatmanur","family":"Karaku\u015f Dilbaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Yeni Y\u00fczy\u0131l University, 34010 Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-5980-742X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nur Banu","family":"Memur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, 34700 Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cahit","family":"Keskink\u0131l\u0131\u00e7","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Neuropsychology, Istinye University, 34250 Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aylin","family":"Hasanefendio\u011flu Bayrak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istinye University, 34250 Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muharrem","family":"Battal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Practice, General Surgery, 34000 Istanbul, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"442","DOI":"10.1016\/S1474-4422(07)70104-7","article-title":"Wernicke\u2019s encephalopathy: New clinical settings and recent advances in diagnosis and management","volume":"6","author":"Sechi","year":"2007","journal-title":"Lancet Neurol."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"809","DOI":"10.1007\/s11604-020-00989-3","article-title":"Comprehensive review of Wernicke encephalopathy: Pathophysiology, clinical symptoms and imaging findings","volume":"38","author":"Ota","year":"2020","journal-title":"Jpn. 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