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Case Reports
. 1986 Feb;233(1):23-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF00313986.

Brain-stem auditory evoked responses in diagnosis of central pontine myelinolysis

D A Ingram, M Traub, P G Kopelman, B A Summers, M Swash
Case Reports

Brain-stem auditory evoked responses in diagnosis of central pontine myelinolysis

D A Ingram et al. J Neurol. 1986 Feb.

Abstract

Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) developed in association with acute adrenocortical insufficiency during correction of severe hyponatraemia in a 58-year-old woman. Repeated CT scanning and NMR imaging were normal from the onset of the illness. Electroencephalography and brain-stem auditory evoked responses showed abnormalities consistent with a brain-stem lesion, which resolved as the patient made a gradual but incomplete recovery. Our observations illustrate the value of electrophysiological monitoring in CPM and support the proposed association between this condition and the rapid correction of an electrolyte imbalance.

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