Acute Marchiafava-Bignami Disease With Typical White Matter Involvement on Diffusion Weighted MRI.
- Author:
Hey Eun SHIN
1
;
Jae Guk KIM
;
Seong Rae JO
;
Seong Hae JEONG
;
Soo Jin YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea. trumind@lycos.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Marchiafava-Bignami disease;
White matter disease;
DWI
- MeSH:
Alcoholism;
Corpus Callosum;
Diffusion;
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Humans;
Leukoencephalopathies;
Marchiafava-Bignami Disease
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2008;26(4):376-378
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) is characterized by cerebral white matter lesions associated with chronic alcoholism. Premortem diagnosis of MBD is usually based on history and clinical manifestations. We report a case of acute MBD in which diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) showed high signal intensities along the white matter including the corpus callosum. DWI may be useful in premortem diagnosis of acute MBD.
