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

• Main Authors: Wan Sulaiman, Wan Aliaa, Fan , Kee Hoo, Basri, Hamidon, Hasan, Shariful, Mohd Sazlly Lim, Sazlyna, Yoke , Loong Foo, Siew , Mooi Ching, Ramachandran, Vasudevan, Mohamed, Mohd Hazmi, Hashim, Hasnur Zaman
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SCIENCEDOMAIN international 2014
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37950/1/20143174480.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37950/; http://www.sciencedomain.org/issue.php?iid=480&id=12
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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...