extrapontine myelinolysis


Extrapontine myelinolysis (EPM) is one of the complications occurring secondary to rapid correction of hyponatremia, and is, along with central pontine myelinolysis encompassed by the more recent term osmotic demyelination syndrome.
In the vast majority of cases it is associated with central pontine myelinolysis but it can also (rarely) occur as an isolated entity.
Pathology
Location
In extrapontine myelinolysis, sites of involvement include:
- ventrolateral thalami
- basal ganglia
- caudate nuclei
- internal capsule
- external capsule
- extreme capsule
- grey-white matter junction
- splenium of the corpus callosum
Siehe auch:
- Pons
- Encephalomyelitis disseminata
- Mesencephalon
- Astrozytom
- Basalganglien
- Anatomie Hirnstamm
- Demyelinisierende Erkrankung
- T2 hyperintense Ponsläsionen
- Pseudobulbärparalyse
- beam hardening phenomenon
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