Extrapontine myelinolysis caused by electrolyte imbalance during the management of suprasellar germ cell tumors: Report of two cases

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 155-158

  Choe, Woo Jin ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a   Kim, In One ^a   Shin, Hee Young ^a   Wang, Kyu Chang ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrolyte imbalance; Extrapontine myelinolysis; MRI; Suprasellar germ cell tumor

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHA EDULIS; CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS; CONFUSION; DIABETES INSIPIDUS; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPONATREMIA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELINOLYSIS, CENTRAL PONTINE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL NEOPLASMS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCE;

EID: 0031778858     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050202     Document Type: Article

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