Pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis associated with rapid correction of hyponatremia - a review

Pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis associated with rapid correction of hyponatremia - a review

Pontine myelinolysis was first described in 1959 by Adams, Victor and Mancall and reported in alcoholic patients.[1]  It is characterized, above all, by acute non-inflammatory symmetrical lesion of myelin sheath and apoptosis of oligodendrocytes affecting the central part of the basis pontis.[5] De...

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Main Authors: Hanna Dominik, Wojciech Pawęska, Jan Radwański, Zuzanna Czudy, Marika Polatowska, Anna Gadomska, Justyna Kurek, Rafał Gorzyński, Michał Garstka, Justyna Molczyk-Sieńczak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kazimierz Wielki University 2023-06-01
Series:Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Subjects:
osmotic demyelination syndrome
extrapontine myelinolysis
pontine myelinolysis
hyponatremia
rapid serum electrolyte correction
CNS lesions
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