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MYELINOLYSIS [1 record]

Record 1 1995-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A form of fatty necrosis in which myelin is formed.

CONT

Diagnosis of extrapontine myelinolysis was proposed based on clinical presentation and lesions topography, although absence of natremic disorders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

L'IRM d'un patient présentant une tétraplégie à la suite d'une transplantation hépatique montrait un hypersignal bilatéral des globes pâles. Le diagnostic de myélinolyse extrapontine a été proposé sur la présentation clinique et la topographie des lésions, malgré l'absence d'anomalie de la natrémie.

Spanish

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