Difference between revisions of "Osmotic demyelination syndrome"

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*Quadriplegia.
*Quadriplegia.
*Poor prognosis.
*Poor prognosis.
*May cause ''locked-in syndrome'' - inability to produce voluntary responses with preservation of intellectual capacity.<ref name=pmid25379502>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Sohn | first1 = MK. | last2 = Nam | first2 = JH. | title = Locked-in Syndrome due to Central Pontine Myelinolysis: Case Report. | journal = Ann Rehabil Med | volume = 38 | issue = 5 | pages = 702-6 | month = Oct | year = 2014 | doi = 10.5535/arm.2014.38.5.702 | PMID = 25379502 }}</ref>


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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*[http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter6/images6/6-9l.jpg CPM (neuropathology-web.org)].<ref name=npw_ch6>URL: [http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter6/chapter6dCPM.html http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter6/chapter6dCPM.html]. Accessed on: 20 December 2011.</ref>
*[http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter6/images6/6-9l.jpg CPM (neuropathology-web.org)].<ref name=npw_ch6>URL: [http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter6/chapter6dCPM.html http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter6/chapter6dCPM.html]. Accessed on: 20 December 2011.</ref>
*[http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring09/html/virtual_microscopy_we/ CPM (dartmouth.edu)].
*[http://dartmed.dartmouth.edu/spring09/html/virtual_microscopy_we/ CPM (dartmouth.edu)].
DDx:
*[[Multiple sclerosis|MS]] /[[Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis|ADEM]].
*PACNS - Primary angiitis of the central nervous system.
*CLIPPERS -  Chronic lymphocytic inflammation with pontine perivascular enhancement responsive to steroids.


==See also==
==See also==
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