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Osmotic demyelination after rapid correction of hyperosmolar hyperglycemia (2)

Osmotic demyelination in a 52-year-old woman after rapid correction of hyperosmolar hyperglycemia, axial diffusion-weighted imaging demonstrated restricted diffusion of the middle cerebellar peduncles (A) and correlate T2 FLAIR hyperintense signal (B) indicative of cytotoxic edema. (Source: Jain E, Kotwal S, Gnanaraj J, Khaliq W. Osmotic demyelination after rapid correction of hyperosmolar hyperglycemia. Cureus 2023;15[2]:e34551. Creative Commons Attribution license [CC BY], https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.)

Associated Disorders

  • Alcoholism
  • Extrapontine myelinolysis
  • Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state
  • Hypokalemia
  • Malnutrition
  • Osmotic myelinolysis