title: Idiopathic central pontine myelinolysis in childhood.
abstract: Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is rare in childhood with only a few cases reported in world literature. We report a 7-year-old male who presented with acute ataxia, swallowing difficulties, dysarthria, and radiological features consistent with the disorder. He improved remarkably with oral prednisolone therapy and was almost back to normal by 2 weeks. A review of the literature is also included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, Diana Princess of Wales Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Menakaya
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wassmer
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seri
authors.forename: W P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Whitehouse
mesh_terms: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D011239:Prednisolone