AUTHOR=Biller Jose , Hornik Alejandro , Rodriguez-Porcel Federico , Agha Caroline , Flaster Murray , Morales Vidal Sarkis Gibran , Schneck Michael J., Lee John 

TITLE=Central and Extrapontine Myelinolysis Affecting the Brain and Spinal Cord. An Unusual Presentation of Pancreatic Encephalopathy

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurology

VOLUME=3

YEAR=2012

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurology/articles/10.3389/fneur.2012.00135

DOI=10.3389/fneur.2012.00135

ISSN=1664-2295

ABSTRACT=<p>Pancreatic encephalopathy refers to a gamut of neuropsychiatric symptoms complicating acute pancreatitis. Osmotic myelinolysis is a known complication of pancreatic encephalopathy. We evaluated a 58-year-old woman with pancreatic encephalopathy associated to pontine and extrapontine myelinolysis involving the brain and spinal cord. To our knowledge, this is the first clinic pathological case report of pancreatic encephalopathy involving the spinal cord.</p>