Subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy. Its relationship to central pontine myelinolysis.
Clinical and neuropathological features of a case of subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy are discussed and compared with the features of central pontine myelinolysis. A hypothesis is offered relating the two diseases to a common aetiological factor.
D001344:Autopsy; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D004678:Encephalomalacia / Q000473:pathology*; D004679:Encephalomyelitis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000473:pathology; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000473:pathology