Marchiafava-Bignami Disease Caused by Chronic Alcohol use in a Young Patient: Case Report
Bünyamin Tosunoğlu
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Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Burcu Gökçe Çokal
Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Hafize Nalan Güneş
Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Tahir Kurtuluş Yoldaş
Department of Neurology, Ankara Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Marchiafava-Bignami disease; it is a rare neurological disease characterized by demyelination and necrosis of the corpus callosum, often associated with chronic alcohol consumption and malnutrition.We present a 25-year-old female patient with chronic alcoholism who presented with visual hallucinations, flashes of light in her eyes, and blurred vision, who experienced the same condition for the second time.
Keywords: Alcohol, folic acid, sphlenium, lesion