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Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr 2017; 85(04): 212-215
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-100460
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Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome due to Severe Hyponatremia Mimicking Hypoxic Encephalopathy

Osmotisches Demyelinisationssyndrom bei schwerer Hyponatriämie als Differenzialdiagnose des hypoxischen Hirnschadens
Felix Wicke
1   Neurologie, Sankt Katharinen Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main
,
Sasha Moreitz
2   Radiologie, Sankt Katharinen Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main
,
Stefan Weidauer
1   Neurologie, Sankt Katharinen Krankenhaus, Frankfurt am Main
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24 April 2017 (online)

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Abstract

Hyponatremia and its rapid correction is a well-known cause of osmotic demyelination most commonly affecting the pons. We report on a case of severe hyponatremia likely due to psychogenic polydipsia resulting in hypotonic hyperhydration with resulting cortical laminar necrosis on initial imaging, mimicking hypoxic brain damage. Pontine myelinolysis became apparent on follow-up imaging, illustrating the diagnostic challenges of extrapontine manifestations of severe hyponatremia.

Zusammenfassung

Der schnelle Ausgleich einer Hyponatriämie ist eine bekannte Ursache osmotischer Demyelinisation, typischerweise in Form der zentralen pontinen Myelinolyse. Wir berichten von einem Fall schwerer Hyponatriämie, bei dem der rasche Ausgleich des Natriumspiegels zu einer kortikalen, laminären Nekrose in der initialen MRT-Bildgebung geführt hat, ein Befund, der einer hypoxischen Hirnschädigung gleicht. Spätere Bildgebung zeigte dann zusätzlich eine pontine Myelinolyse. Unser Fallbericht illustriert die diagnostischen Herausforderungen bei extrapontinen Manifestationen schwerer Hyponatriämie.

Key words

osmotic demyelination syndrome - central pontine myelinolysis - hyponatremia - cortical laminar necrosis

Schlüsselwörter

osmotisches Demyelinisationssyndrom - zentrale pontine Myelinolyse - Hyponatriämie - kortikale laminäre Nekrose
 

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