Treatment is variable depending on individuals. Some treatments work extremely well with some patients and not at all with others. Some treatments include therapy with thiamine and vitamin B complex. Alcohol consumption should be stopped. Some patients survive, but with residual brain damage and dementia. Others remain in comas that eventually lead to death. Nutritional counseling is also recommended. Treatment is often similar to those administered for Wenicke-Korsakoff syndrome or for alcohol use disorder. Type A has 21% mortality rate and an 81% long-term disability rate. Type B has a 0% mortality rate and a 19% long-term disability rate.
Marchiafava–Bignami disease
Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease
Machado–Joseph disease
Dieulafoy's lesion
Lev's disease
Kimura's disease
Ontario Minamata disease
Tornwaldt's disease