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Delayed onset movement disorders as a complication of central pontine myelinolysis
Author(s) -
Tison F. X.,
Ferre X.,
Julien J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870060215
Subject(s) - central pontine myelinolysis , dystonia , choreoathetosis , hyponatremia , movement disorders , medicine , magnetic resonance imaging , complication , neuroscience , psychology , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , radiology , disease
This report describes a case of central pontine myelinolysis occurring after a rapid correction of profound hyponatremia. Delayed‐onset generalized dystonia and choreoathetosis then appeared. A small pontine myelinolysis was demonstrated by magnetic resonance images, but striatal myelinolysis could not be established. Aspects of movement disorders associated with the osmotic demyelination syndrome are briefly reviewed and discussed.