Medicina v Kuzbasse (Jun 2024)

EXTRAPONTINE MYELINOLYSIS WITH DAMAGE TO THE SUBCRORTIAL NUCLEARS OF THE BRAIN

  • Светлана Алексеевна Зуева,
  • Валентина Львовна Юрманова,
  • Юрий Михайлович Портнов,
  • Виталий Николаевич Речкин,
  • Владимир Александрович Семенов,
  • Светлана Ивановна Елгина,
  • Елена Владимировна Рудаева,
  • Кира Борисовна Мозес

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 2
pp. 76 – 80

Abstract

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Extrapontine myelinolysis (EPM) is a rare, severe and difficult to diagnose lesion of the central nervous system (CNS). Studies indicate that the prevalence of this disease ranges from 0.25 to 0.5 % in the general population and 2.5 % in intensive care units. We present a clinical case of EPM in a 63-year-old female patient due to dehydration with early manifestation of behavioral disorders and further development of the clinical picture of parkinsonism.

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