Central Pontine Myelinolysis:  Report of Four Cases

Handan Akar; Nilgün Cengiz; Oytun Ayşe Bayrak; Taner Özbenli; Musa Kazım Onar; Lütfü İncesu; Levent Güngör; Murat Terzi

Handan Akar¹, Nilgün Cengiz², Oytun Ayşe Bayrak², Taner Özbenli², Musa Kazım Onar², Lütfü İncesu³, Levent Güngör², Murat Terzi²

¹Samsun Mehmet Aydın Training And Research Hospital, Neurology Clinic, Samsun, Turkey
²Department Of Neurology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, Turkey
³Department Of Radiology, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun,

Keywords: Myelinolysis, central pontine, hyponatremia, alcoholism.

Abstract

Central pontine myelinolysis is a neurological disorder characterized by loss of myelin in the central pons as well as in the other parts of the brain like basal ganglia, lateral geniculate bodies, external and internal capsules, and cerebellum. We report the clinical and radiological findings of three patients with central pontine myelinolysis and one patient with both pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis.