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The exact incidence of central pontine myelinolysis is unknown. A study by Singh et al demonstrated that central pontine myelinolysis was present in 29% of postmortem examinations of liver transplant patients. Two thirds of these patients had serum sodium fluctuations of only ± 15-20 mEq/L. [9] Central pontine myelinolysis occurs more frequently in females than in males.
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T2-weighted MRI scan of the brain demonstrating patchy areas of signal change within the pons that are consistent with demyelination or central pontine myelinolysis. Courtesy of Dr Andrew Waclawik, Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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