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11746309

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Myelinolysis may occur as a severe complication of eating disorders, especially anorexia nervosa (AN). One of the most important reasons can be a rapid correction of hyponatremia caused by tubulopathy, water intoxication (WI), or abuse of diuretics in individuals with AN. METHOD AND RESULTS We report on a 24-year-old female patient with an 8-year history of AN. A rapid correction of severe hyponatremia and hypokalemia induced by WI led to central pontine myelinolysis, which was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination. Besides affective lability, incoherence, and an acute confusional state, surprisingly, no severe neurological symptoms emerged. CONCLUSION: Thus, physicians should be aware of the risk of pontine myelinolysis with new psychiatric symptoms emerging in the absence of obvious neurological deficits.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0276-3478
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
462-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Central pontine myelinolysis in a patient with anorexia nervosa.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany. benedikt.amann@psy.med.uni-muenchen.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports