The corticobasal syndrome triggered by central pontine myelinolysis |
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Authors: | A Shamim B K Siddiqui K A Josephs |
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Institution: | Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. |
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Abstract: | Single case reports have described movement disorders including parkinsonism, dystonia and chorea, but not corticobasal syndrome as a consequence of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis. We report a case of a 61-year-old woman who developed progressive asymmetric parkinsonism with ideomotor apraxia and cortical sensory deficits following central pontine myelinolysis. |
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Keywords: | central pontine myelinosis corticobasal syndrome hyponatremia parkinsonism |
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