MR findings in two presumed cases of mild central pontine myelinolysis.
The authors describe two patients with presumed central pontine myelinolysis whose clinical symptoms were mild despite extensive intrapontine lesions evident on MR imaging. Enhancement of the lesions with Gd-DTPA was not observed in either case. It is suggested that the severity of findings on MR imaging does not necessarily reflect the severity of clinical symptoms of the disease.
Department of Radiology, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Korogi
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Takahashi
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Shinzato
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Sakamoto
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Mitsuzaki
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Hirai
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Yoshizumi
D000328:Adult; D003287:Contrast Media; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*
D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D004369:Pentetic Acid; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA