Central pontine myelinolysis with clinical recovery: MR documentation

R L Ragland; A W Duffis; S Gendelman; P M Som; J G Rabinowitz

doi:10.1097/00004728-198903000-00025

Central pontine myelinolysis with clinical recovery: MR documentation

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1989 Mar-Apr;13(2):316-8. doi: 10.1097/00004728-198903000-00025.

Authors

R L Ragland¹, A W Duffis, S Gendelman, P M Som, J G Rabinowitz

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY 10029-6574.

PMID: 2925921
DOI: 10.1097/00004728-198903000-00025

Abstract

Magnetic resonance (MR) features of a patient with profound hyponatremia and clinical findings of central pontine myelinolysis are presented. Resolution of the MR findings paralleled the clinical recovery.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Diseases / diagnosis
Brain Diseases / etiology
Demyelinating Diseases / diagnosis*
Demyelinating Diseases / etiology
Female
Humans
Hyponatremia / complications
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Pons / pathology*