09 September 2022
: Case report
A 44-Year-Old Alcohol-Dependent Man Who Recovered from Central Pontine Myelinolysis with Supportive Physical Therapy
Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)
Makoto Tobiume1BCDE, Nami Iha2BCD, Ayako Miyahira3DE, Shingo Kariya4ADEF*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937389
Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937389
Figure 2. Axial MRI scans taken 11 weeks after disease onset. (A) T2W image at the level of pons. (B) Enlarged T2W image of the square region indicated in (A) showing the clear central pontine piglet sign as a well-defined high-density area. Arrows indicate spared descending corticospinal and corticobulbar tracts (the nostrils of the pig snout) within the lesion. (C) Enlarged T1W image of the square region indicated in (A) showing the central pontine piglet sign as a low-density area.