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Magnetic resonance imaging of sequelae of central pontine myelinolysis in chronic alcohol abusers

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Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is one of the serious neurological complications of alcoholism. This study evaluated magnetic resonance images of sequelae of CPM. Approximately 600 alcoholic patients were examined by a 1.0-T magnetic resonance imaging device, and 11 patients were retrospectively found to have a central pontine lesion, a presumed sequela of CPM. The lesions had various shapes and most were cavitary. In 3 of the 11 patients bilateral symmetrical oval lesions were faintly visible in the middle cerebellar peduncles. These middle cerebellar peduncular lesions were diagnosed as having Wallerian degeneration of the pontocerebellar tract secondary to CPM.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Saga Medical School, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga, 849-8501, Japan

    Akira Uchino & Sho Kudo

  2. Center for Emotional and Behavional Disorders, Hizen National Hospital, 160 Mitsu, Higashisefuri, Kanzaki, Saga, 842-0192, Japan

    Takefumi Yuzuriha, Masaru Murakami, Koichi Endoh, Shigeto Hiejima & Hiroshi Koga

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Uchino, A., Yuzuriha, T., Murakami, M. et al. Magnetic resonance imaging of sequelae of central pontine myelinolysis in chronic alcohol abusers. Neuroradiology 45, 877–880 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-003-1095-9

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