A case of asymptomatic central pontine myelinolysis

In 1959 year Adams, Victor and Mancella described central pontine myelinolysis (CPM) as a disease of fulminant course and fatal prognosis. In the typical cases progressive tetraparesis with bulbar signs results in severe crippledom or death. The disease was diagnosed before only by autopsy, as soon as the modern radiological technics i.e., CT and MRI were developed it is sometimes successfully diagnosed with patients alive. The authors present the case of 62-year old woman suffering from slight hemiparesis which made use to perform the CT examination. It showed central pontine lesion which was confirmed by MRI examination. The authors suggest that there are not only typical cases of CPM but also the asymptomatic ones as presented above.