Carla Gramaglia, Alessandro Feggi, Camilla Vecchi, Sarah Di Marco, Alessandra Venesia, Claudia Delicato, Nunzia Chieppa, Fabiola De Marchi, Roberto Cantello, Patrizia Zeppegno
AIMS: To describe the case and management of a patient with Marchiafava-Bignami Disease (MBD) with frontal cortical lesions, no specific symptom at first referral to the Emergency Room, and late onset of atypical psychiatric symptoms. METHODS: We report the case of a 44-year-old patient with a history of chronic alcohol abuse, eventually diagnosed with MBD. RESULTS: Magnetic Resonance showed lesions in the splenium and the body of corpus callosum and bilateral lesions of the frontal cortex...
March 2016: Rivista di Psichiatria