title: Magnetic resonance imaging in central pontine myelinolysis.
abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed in two patients in whom a clinical diagnosis of central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) had been made. MRI showed lesions in the pons in both cases about 2 years after the illness, at a time when the spastic quadriparesis and pseudobulbar palsy had recovered. The persisting abnormal signals in CPM are likely to be due to fibrillary gliosis. Persistence of lesions on MRI means that the diagnosis of CPM may be electively, after the acute illness has resolved.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Neurology King's College Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: P D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Gledhill
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Rossor
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011149:Pons