Diffusion tensor imaging and fiber-tracking in Marchiafava-Bignami disease

J Neuroimaging. 2006 Jul;16(3):281-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2006.00041.x.

Abstract

Marchiafava-Bignami disease, a rare disorder most commonly seen in patients with a history of alcohol consumption, involves demyelination and subsequent necrosis of the corpus callosum. Diffusion tensor imaging demonstrates regional abnormalities in the corpus callosum that are not evident by conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Furthermore, fiber-tracking demonstrates significant disruption of axonal fiber bundles within the corpus callosum, most marked within the body, corresponding to the clinical finding of interhemispheric disconnection, which is characteristic of the disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders / pathology*
  • Corpus Callosum / pathology*
  • Demyelinating Diseases / pathology*
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged