Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis induced by hyperemesis gravidarum.
A 21-year-old woman developed hyperemesis gravidarum, complicated by Wernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. For the latter, time course of the lesions on magnetic resonance imaging suggests a pathogenetic role for hypophosphatemia rather than for hyponatremia.
Peeters
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Service de Neurologie, Cliniques Universitaires St. Luc, Universitè Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Van de Wyngaert
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Van Lierde
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Sindic
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Laterre
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D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006801:Humans; D006939:Hyperemesis Gravidarum / Q000150:complications*; D017674:Hypophosphatemia / Q000378:metabolism; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000209:etiology*; D010298:Parity; D011247:Pregnancy; D011272:Pregnancy, Multiple; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*