Cerebral encephalopathy with extrapontine myelinolysis in a case of postpartum hypernatremia
| Autor: | Rajiv Gupta, Abhay Kapoor, Sonia Bhatia, Sushila Kataria, Anurag Sharma |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Extrapontine myelinolysis
business.industry Neurological status Encephalopathy Metabolic disorder R895-920 medicine.disease encephalopathy Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine Neuroradiology Anesthesia Rare case extrapontine myelinilysis hypernatremia Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Hypernatremia demyelination postpartum business |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Vol 24, Iss 01, Pp 57-60 (2014) The Indian Journal of Radiology & Imaging |
| ISSN: | 1998-3808 0971-3026 |
| Popis: | Extrapontine myelinolysis, a fairly common metabolic disorder, is associated with neurological complications. Central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis are commonly recognized with rapid correction of sodium. Myelinolysis, however, has rarely been described with hypernatremia. We report a rare case of post-partum hypernatremic encephalopathy associated with serum sodium levels as high as 200 mEq/l on presentation. Although the serum sodium levels were brought down gradually, subsequent imaging showed progression of demyelination and deterioration of the neurological status. |
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