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KMID : 0870520040080010055
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Journal of Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
2004 Volume.8 No. 1 p.55 ~ p.58
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Cerebellar Ataxia with Central Pontine Myelinolysis in Alcoholism, Case Report：Wallerian Degeneration of Ponto-Cerebellar Tract Demonstrated by Diffusion Tensor Imaging
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Park Seon-Cheol
Choi Joon-Ho
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Abstract
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Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) is a rare neurologic complication that occurs in chronic alcoholics. Cerebellar ataxia,
caused by the Wallerian degeneration of ponto-cerebellar tract, has never become a cardinal symptom in CPM. Authors
report a case of cerebellar ataxia with CPM in a 40-year-old female chronic alcoholics. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a central pontine lesion with no visible lesions of middle cerebellar peduncles, which does not match with cerebellar ataxia. In this article, authors suggest the possibility that Wallerian degeneration of ponto-cerebellar tract can be detected by diffusion tension imaging technique.
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KEYWORD
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Alcoholism·Central pontine myelinolysis (CPM), Cerebellar ataxia·Wallerian degeneration, Diffusion tensor imaging(DTI)
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