A rare case of acute psychosis as an isolated manifestation of extrapontine myelinolysis

• Main Authors: Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa, Hoo, Fan Kee, Basri, Hamidon, Hasan, Shariful, Mohd Sazlly Lim, Sazlyna, Foo, Yoke Loong, Ching, Siew Mooi, Vasudevan, Ramachandran, Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi, Hashim, Hasnur Zaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciencedomain International 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36246/1/A%20rare%20case%20of%20acute%20psychosis%20as%20an%20isolated%20manifestation%20of%20extrapontine%20myelinolysis.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/36246/; http://www.sciencedomain.org/abstract.php?iid=480&id=12&aid=4294

Aims and Background: Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) and extrapontine myelinolysis (EPM) are recognized as osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS). ODS is pathologically characterized by non-inflammatory demyelination of several brain structures with sparing of axons. This condition is usually assoc...