Open AccessA case of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis with early hypermetabolism on 18FDG-PET scan
Author(s) -
Jieun Roh,
Hyun Woo Nam,
M C Lee
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of korean medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1598-6357
pISSN - 1011-8934
DOI - 10.3346/jkms.1998.13.1.99
Subject(s) - hypermetabolism , central pontine myelinolysis , medicine , hyponatremia , nuclear medicine
We report a 63 year-old woman who developed central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis after rapid correction of hyponatremia. Lesions on brain MRI showed hypermetabolism on 18FDG-PET scan in the early stage of the disease and became hypometabolic on the follow-up scan. We suggest that active microglia and astrocytes are the main cause of the increased glucose metabolism.
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