title: Belly dancer's syndrome following central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis.
abstract: We report on a woman with delayed-onset of belly dancer's syndrome 5 months after central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis (CPM/EPM) and severe hyponatriemia. This case demonstrates that basal ganglia lesions in EPM can be the underlying pathoanatomic substrate for the rarely observed belly dancer's syndrome. The sequential appearance of extrapyramidal symptoms might reflect an ongoing but ineffective or deficient remyelination process. The presence of CPM/EPM should be considered in patients with involuntary dyskinesias of the abdominal wall.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
authors.forename: Julia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roggendorf
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Burghaus
authors.forename: Wei-Chi
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weisenbach
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eggers
authors.forename: Gereon R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: Ruediger
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hilker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D052160:Benzothiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D003615:Dancing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D017590:Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology; D000077487:Pramipexole; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D000077487:Pramipexole