About 10% of cases of central pontine myelinolysis are associated with extrapontine lesions in the medulla, spinal cord, basal ganglia, cerebellum. cerebral cortex, thalamus. We experienced a case of central pontine myelinolysis accompanied with
medullary invasion who had been transfered from a local hospital presented with stuporous mental state, respiratory difficulty, abnormal eyeball and eyelid movements.
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