Higinbotham Anthony, Nayate Ameya P
University Hospitals of Cleveland, 11100 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44120, USA.
Radiol Case Rep. 2021 Dec 20;17(3):604-609. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2021.11.072. eCollection 2022 Mar.
Osmotic demyelination syndrome, comprised of central pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis, is an important and potentially fatal complication primarily related to rapid overcorrection of serum sodium leading to devastating neurological symptoms. While traditionally presenting in the pons, we report the case of a 43-year-old female patient who recently underwent a liver transplant and developed extrapontine myelinolysis and subsequently central pontine myelinolysis resulting in irreversible spastic quadriparesis. This rare case highlights the variability of presentation of osmotic demyelination syndrome on imaging.
渗透性脱髓鞘综合征,包括中枢性脑桥脱髓鞘和脑桥外髓鞘溶解,是一种重要且可能致命的并发症,主要与血清钠的快速过度纠正有关,可导致严重的神经症状。虽然传统上病变出现在脑桥,但我们报告了一例43岁女性患者的病例,该患者最近接受了肝移植,发生了脑桥外髓鞘溶解,随后出现中枢性脑桥脱髓鞘,导致不可逆的痉挛性四肢瘫。这一罕见病例突出了渗透性脱髓鞘综合征在影像学上表现的变异性。