Extrapontine myelinolysis: rare manifestation of a well-known disorder

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 Nov 21:2013:bcr2013200808. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200808.

Authors

Jyoti Wadhwa¹, Ramesh Ananthakrishnan, Srikant Sadashiv, Abdoul Hamide

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Alcoholism / complications
Brain / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Hyponatremia / etiology
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / diagnosis*
Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / etiology
Myelinolysis, Central Pontine / pathology
Neuroimaging