[Neurological status improvement in central pontine myelinolysis in alcohol-dependent patient].

The authors report a case of central pontine myelinolysis in a woman aged 30 years addicted to alcohol since at least 30 years. In the diagnosis the principal role was played by MRI. Attention is called to the disproportion between massive brainstem lesion and relatively low extent of neurological symptoms and signs. The patient had a several-weeks alcohol detoxication treatment and general supportive treatment. During that tine the neurological signs regressed nearly completely which suggests considerable reversibility or compensation of brainstem lesions in this syndrome.