Marchiafava–Bignami disease
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| Marchiafava–Bignami disease | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | G37.1 |
| ICD-9 | 341.8 |
| DiseasesDB | 31494 |
| eMedicine | neuro/204 |
| MeSH | D054319 |
Marchiafava–Bignami disease is a progressive neurological disease characterized by corpus callosum demyelination and necrosis and subsequent atrophy.
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Eponym [edit]
It was first described in 1903 by the Italian pathologists Amico Bignami and Ettore Marchiafava in an Italian Chianti drinker.[1][2] In this patient, Marchiafava and Bignami noticed that the middle two-thirds of the corpus callosum were necrotic.
Causes [edit]
It is classically associated with chronic alcoholics and sometimes nutritional deficiencies.[citation needed]
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References [edit]
- ^ synd/2922 at Who Named It?
- ^ E. Marchiafava, A. Bignami. Sopra un' alterazione del corpo calloso osservata da sogetti alcoolisti. Rivista di patologia nervosa e mentale, 1903, 8 (12): 544–549.
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