The Spectrum of Movement Disorders in Cases with Osmotic Demyelination Syndrome.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osmotic demyelination syndrome (ODS) can be a central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) and extrapontine myelinolysis (EPM) based on the regions involved even though they share the same disease process, aetiopathogenesis and time course.

Objectives

Present study aims to characterize the clinical, radiological features and the outcome of patients with ODS with movement disorders as the forthcoming manifestation.

Methods

Chart review of patients with ODS with movement disorders. Demographic, clinical and radiological details of the patients were reviewed.

Results

Eleven patients (six females; mean age: 48.3 ± 17.6 years) were included in the study. Parkinsonism alone and parkinsonism with dystonia was noted in four patients each (36.4%) while dystonia alone w

SUBMITTER: Sindhu DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8354067 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature