[Marchiafava-Bignami disease with favorable development].
A 35 year-old right-handed woman with a history of alcoholism presented signs of interhemispheric disconnection. CT of the brain revealed a low-density areas in the corpus callosum. Two months later, clinical examination was normal, but the CT showed cystic area in the genu and splenium. MRI was also consistent with a lesion of the corpus callosum. CT and MRI did not show lesions in the hemispheric white matter.
D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001072:Apraxias / Q000209:etiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003221:Confusion / Q000209:etiology; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D009336:Necrosis; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Maladie de Marchiafava-Bignami d'évolution favorable.