title: A case of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis with early hypermetabolism on 18FDG-PET scan.
abstract: We report a 63 year-old woman who developed central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis after rapid correction of hyponatremia. Lesions on brain MRI showed hypermetabolism on 18FDG-PET scan in the early stage of the disease and became hypometabolic on the follow-up scan. We suggest that active microglia and astrocytes are the main cause of the increased glucose metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Seoul National University Hospital, Korea.
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Roh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose