Osmotic demyelination syndrome with a dysequilibrium syndrome: Reversible MRI findings

Neuroradiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 228-232

  Agildere A M ^a   Benli, S ^a   Erten, Y ^a   Coskun M ^a   Boyvat, F ^a   Ozdemir N ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysequilibrium syndrome; Haemodialysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osmotic demyelination syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CASE REPORT; CONVULSION; DEMYELINATION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; TENDON REFLEX; UREMIA;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PONS; RENAL DIALYSIS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0031756963     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050572     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Savazzi MG (1988) Pathogenesis of cerebral atrophy in uremia. Nephron 49: 94-103
2. Geissler A, Fründ R, Kohler S, Eichhorn HM, Kramer BK, Feuerbach S (1995) Cerebral metabolite patterns in dialysis patients: evaluation with H-1 MR spectroscopy. Radiology 194: 693-697
3. Lazarus JM, Bradley MD, Owen FW (1996) Hemodialysis. In: Brenner BM (ed) The kidney. Saunders, Philadelphia, pp 2424-2506
4. Papageorgiou C, Ziroyannis P, Vathylakis J, Grigoriadis A, Hatzikonstantinou V, Capsalakis Z (1982) A comparative study of brain atrophy by computerized tomography in chronic renal failure and chronic hemodialysis. Acta Neurol Scand 66: 378-385
5. Miller MG, Baker HL, Okazaki H, Whismant JP (1988) Central pontine myelinolysis and its imitators: MR findings. Radiology 168: 795-802
6. Ragland RL, Duffis AW, Gendelman S, Som PM, Rabinowitz JG (1989) Central pontine myelinolysis with clinical recovery: MR documentation. J Comput Assist Tomogr 13: 316-318
7. Moriwaka F, Tashiro K, Maruo Y, Nomura M, Hamada K, Kashiwaba T (1988) MR imaging of pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis. J Comput Assist Tomogr 12: 446-449
8. Trachtman H (1992) Cell volume regulation: a review of cerebral adaptive mechanisms and implications for clinical treatment of osmolal disturbances. II. Pediatr Nephrol 6: 104-112
9. Adams RD, Victor M, Mancall EL (1959) Central pontine myelinolysis: a hitherto undescribed disease occurring in alcoholic and malnourished patients. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 81: 154-172
10. Laurens R, Mark SA (1995) MRI in central pontine myelinolysis. Neurology 45: 1025-1026
11. Endo Y, Oda M, Hara M (1981) Central pontine myelinolysis. Acta Neuropathol 53: 145-153