A 44-Year-Old Alcohol-Dependent Man Who Recovered from Central Pontine Myelinolysis with Supportive Physical Therapy

09 September 2022: Articles

Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis)

Makoto Tobiume ^B , Nami Iha ^B , Ayako Miyahira ^D , Shingo Kariya ^A*

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.937389

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e937389

Table 1. Summary of the patient’s past history and basic data on admission to the emergency hospital.

Past history
Education/Occupation	High school graduate/Factory worker since the age of 18
Marriage/Child	Married at the age of early 20s/Three children
Alcohol drinking	More than 25 years since the age of 18
Past illness	Chronic alcoholism diagnosed at the age of late 20s (details unknown)
Smoking/Drug abuse	None/None
Diet	Slightly unbalanced
Family history	Unremarkable
AST – aspartate aminotransferase; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; LDH – lactate dehydrogenase; γ-GTP – gamma-glutamyl transferase. Bold font indicates abnormal values.
	Basic data on admission to the emergency hospital	Normal range
Body weight (kg)/height (cm)	47.3/174
Body mass index		18.5–25
Blood pressure (mmHg)	109/72
Heart rate (bpm)	70 (Regular)
Body temperature (°C)	36.4
Blood test
Red blood cell (×10/L)		4.3–5.7
White blood cell (×10/L)	6.5	3.9–9.8
Platelet (×10/L)	333	130–362
Sodium (mEq/L)		135–147
Potassium (mEq/L)	4.0	3.5–5.0
Glucose (mg/dL)	83	70–110
Blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL)		8–20
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.8	0.5–1.0
Total protein (g/dL)		6.7–8.3
Albumin (g/dL)		3.5–5.0
AST (IU/L)	29	12–33
ALT (IU/L)	32	5–35
LDH (IU/L)	148	115–254
γ-GTP (IU/L)	53	13–64
Phosphate (mg/dL)	3.8	2.7–4.6
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)	0.25
AST – aspartate aminotransferase; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; LDH – lactate dehydrogenase; γ-GTP – gamma-glutamyl transferase. Bold font indicates abnormal values.