title: [A woman without speech].
abstract: A 56-year-old woman with a history of alcohol abuse was found at home amidst empty wine bottles with somnolence and severe dysarthria. MRI of the brain revealed selective demyelination of the corpus callosum, consistent with Marchiafava-Bignami disease.
authors.affiliation: Atrium Medisch Centrum Parkstad, Afd. Neurologie, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: H Jochem
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: van Ommen
authors.forename: A H C M L Tobien
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Schreuder
authors.forename: Harry A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Engelshove
mesh_terms: D020268:Alcohol-Induced Disorders, Nervous System / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology*; D003711:Demyelinating Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged