Association of central pontine myelinolysis and Marchiafave-Bignami disease.
Combined pathologic features of central pontine myelinolysis and Marchiafava-Bignami disease occurred in a 53-year-old man with chronic alcoholism. This association is rare despite the basic similarities of these two disorders. The combination of both conditions in the same patient suggests a common pathogenetic mechanism.
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009186:Myelin Sheath / Q000473:pathology*; D011149:Pons / Q000473:pathology*; D014899:Wernicke Encephalopathy / Q000150:complications