WERNICKES ENCEPHALOPATHY AND CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS INDUCED BY HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM

Authors
PEETERS A VANDEWYNGAERT F VANLIERDE M SINDIC CJM LATERRE EC
Citation
A. Peeters et al., WERNICKES ENCEPHALOPATHY AND CENTRAL PONTINE MYELINOLYSIS INDUCED BY HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM, Acta neurologica belgica, 93(5), 1993, pp. 276-282
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Acta neurologica belgica → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009009
Volume
93
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
276 - 282
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9009(1993)93:5<276:WEACPM>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A 21-year-old woman developed hyperemesis gravidarum, complicated by W ernicke's encephalopathy and central pontine myelinolysis. For the lat ter, time course of the lesions on magnetic resonance imaging suggests a pathogenetic role for hypophosphatemia rather than for hyponatremia .