Marchiafava - Bignami Disease:
A Case Report
Published: August 1, 2014 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2014/.4668
Sunil Kumar K, Rimiki Challam, Naveen J, W. Jatishwor Singh
1. PG Student, Department of Radiodiagnosis, RIMS, Imphal, India.
2. PG Student, Department of Radiodiagnosis, RIMS, Imphal, India.
3. PG Student, Department of Radiodiagnosis, RIMS, Imphal, India.
4. Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, RIMS, Imphal, India.
Correspondence Address :
Dr. Sunil Kumar K,
c/o Department of Radiodiagnosis, RIMS, Imphal, India.
Phone : 09774574738, E-mail : drsunilkumark@yahoo.in
Abstract
Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) is a rare neurological disorder of chronic alcoholism characterized by demyelination and necrosis of corpus callosum. In this case report we present the MR imaging findings of MBD and review of the other imaging features of the disease.
Keywords
Alchoholism, Corpus callosum, Sandwich sign