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6440723

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-3-6
pubmed:abstractText
In Japan Wernicke's encephalopathy is not rare, but only one case of Marchiafava-Bignami disease has been reported. In our case, Wernicke lesions were found in the mamillary bodies, septal nuclei, and periventricular regions. Involvement of the septal nuclei is rare in this encephalopathy. A characteristic Marchiafava-Bignami lesion was observed only in the anterior part of the corpus callosum. From the clinicopathologic viewpoint, Wernicke's encephalopathy might have preceded Marchiafava-Bignami disease in our case. To our knowledge, only two cases without a history of alcoholism and both suffering from Wernicke's encephalopathy and Marchiafava-Bignami disease have been documented. However, in both cases Wernicke lesions were atypical, since characteristic lesions were absent in the mamillary bodies and in the regions surrounding the third ventricle and the aqueduct. Ours appears to be the first report on a non-alcoholic patient with typical lesions of both diseases.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0722-5091
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
A non-alcoholic Japanese patient with Wernicke's encephalopathy and Marchiafava-Bignami disease.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports