Myelinolysis, Central Pontine
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A demyelinating condition affecting the PONS and characterized clinically by an acute progressive QUADRIPLEGIA; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; and alterations of consciousness. Pathologic features include prominent demyelination in the central PONS with sparing of axons and neurons. This condition is usually associated with systemic disorders such as HYPONATREMIA; chronic ALCOHOLISM; LIVER FAILURE; severe BURNS; malignant NEOPLASMS; hemorrhagic PANCREATITIS; HEMODIALYSIS; and SEPSIS. The rapid medical correction of hyponatremia has been cited as a cause of this condition. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp1125-6)
| Descriptor ID |
D017590
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.163.560 C10.314.500 C18.452.132.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Myelinolysis, Central Pontine- Myelinolysis, Central Pontine
- Pontine Myelinolysis, Central
- Myelinoclasis, Central Pontine
- Central Pontine Myelinoclasis
- Central Pontine Myelinolysis
Extrapontine Myelinolysis- Extrapontine Myelinolysis
- Extrapontine Myelinolyses
- Myelinolyses, Extrapontine
- Myelinolysis, Extrapontine
- Extrapontine Myelinoclasis
- Extrapontine Myelinoclases
- Myelinoclases, Extrapontine
- Myelinoclasis, Extrapontine
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myelinolysis, Central Pontine" by people in Profiles.
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Central pontine myelinolysis following acute hypoglycemia. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Oct; 115(10):2299-300.
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Central nervous system lesions in liver transplant recipients: prospective assessment of indications for biopsy and implications for management. Transplantation. 1998 Dec 27; 66(12):1596-604.
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Central pontine myelinolysis in a patient with classic heat stroke. Arch Neurol. 1997 Aug; 54(8):935-6.