[Follow-up of central pontine myelinolysis with clinical remission].
We report on a case of central pontine myelinolysis in a young alcoholic woman, which occurred after a period of abstinence. There was a latency between the clinical findings and magnetic resonance imaging. The lowest measured sodium blood level was 121 mmol/l.
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Abteilung für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Krankenhaus Am Urban, Berlin.
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D000328:Adult; D000430:Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium / Q000150:complications; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology