Resolution of MRI findings in central pontine myelinosis associated with hypokalemia.

We report a case of a 20-year-old African-American female, hospitalized and treated for hyperemesis gravidarum and hypokalemia with a normal serum sodium level. Two to 3 days into her hospitalization, she developed urinary incontinence, weakness, and pain in her lower extremities. An MRI brain scan showed central pontine signal alteration, leading to a diagnosis of CPM.

The history of lupus erythematosus.

This article explores the history of lupus erythematosus from the origins of the name to the most modern therapeutic advances. The review includes information about the origin of the name "lupus," the first clear description of the skin lesions, the discovery of the systemic and discoid forms, and further advances which define our current view of this illness. The classical descriptions of Hippocrates, Paracelsus, Manardi, Rudolph Virchow, Cazenave, Robert Willan, and Moritz Kaposi are chronologically described.