Reversible central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis in a 16-year-old girl.
A rare case of an osmotic demyelination syndrome in a 16-year-old girl is presented. MRI in the acute stage revealed a focal abnormal signal within the basis pontis and both caudate nuclei and putamina. Two years later brain lesions had disappeared on T1- and T2-weighted imaging, indicating that central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis may be completely reversible.
Niehaus
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L
Department of Neurology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany. ludwig.niehaus@charite.de
Kulozik
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A
Lehmann
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R
D000293:Adolescent; D002421:Caudate Nucleus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology; D011699:Putamen / Q000473:pathology; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous