3 Cases of Central Pontine Myelinolysis Diagnosed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
- Author:
Sung Pa PARK
1
;
Hyung LEE
;
Jeong Geun LIM
;
Dong Kuck LEE
;
Sang Doe YI
;
Chung Kyu SUH
;
Young Choon PARK
;
In Kyu LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Keimyung University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Adult;
Female;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Myelinolysis, Central Pontine*;
Pseudobulbar Palsy;
Quadriplegia
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1991;9(2):228-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report 3 cases of central pontine myelinolysis (CPM), one is 35-year-old woman with Seehan's syndrome and the others are 45-yearold and 55-year-old men with chronic alcohol ism, who are diagnosed by clinical symptoms of slowly progressive quadriplegia and pseudobulbar palsy, and findings of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging.
