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Marchiafava-Bignami Disease* ; Thalamus

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Alcoholism ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease

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Alcoholics* ; Humans ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease*

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Marchiafava-Bignami Disease ; Wernicke Encephalopathy

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Crohn Disease* ; Malnutrition ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease*

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Humans ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease ; Status Epilepticus

Marchiafava-Bignami disease is a rare complication of chronic alcoholism and this malady typically manifests as callosal lesion. I report here on one patient with Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) who has symmetric restricted diffusion in both lateral-frontal cortices, in addition to the callosal lesion.
Alcoholism ; Corpus Callosum ; Diffusion ; Humans ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease*

We report the FDG PET findings in a patient with Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) in whom there was diffusely reduced metabolism in the whole brain cortex and strongly decreased metabolism in the thalami. The use of FDG PET helps provide an understanding of the neurologic manifestations and prognosis of MBD.
Alcoholism ; Brain ; Humans ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease* ; Metabolism ; Neurologic Manifestations ; Prognosis

We report on a right-handed 43-year-old policeman with atypical Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD). The typical clinical manifestations of MBD are reduced consciousness, confusion, seizures, psychotic and emotional symptoms, hemiparesis, dysarthria, ataxia, and coma and death. However, our patient had not developed any of the above symptoms except for slowly progressive cognitive impairment mimicking that of Alzheimer disease. The incidence of MBD may be higher and its prognosis less severe than generally believed. MBD has been underdiagnosed and underreported, and nonspecific general symptoms and encephalopathy in an alcoholic might indicate undiagnosed MBD.
Impaired health ; symptoms <1> ; Marchiafava-Bignami disease ; Problem drinker ; prognostic

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.
Alcoholism ; Corpus Callosum ; Diffusion ; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Humans ; Leukoencephalopathies ; Marchiafava-Bignami Disease