中風症狀과 함께 나타난 Marchiafava-Bignami 병 1예 보고 |
장우석, 이소연, 윤현덕, 박치상, 박창국 |
대구한의대학교 한의과대학 심계내과학교실 |
A case report of Marchiafava-Bignami disease with stroke symptoms |
Woo-Seok Jang, So-Yeon Lee, Hyeon-Deok Yoon, Chi-Sang Park, Chang-Gook Park |
Department of Internal medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Daegu Haany University |
Correspondence |
Woo-Seok Jang ,Tel: 053)770-2082, Fax: 053)770-2169, Email: pftft@hanmail.net
|
|
Received: July 2, 2004, Accepted: July 30, 2004, Published online: September 30, 2004. |
|
|
ABSTRACT |
Marchiafava-Bignami Disease(MBD) is a rare disease caused by chronic alcohol abuse and involves the degeneration of corpus callosum pathological in character. Until recently there was no method to diagnose MBD except postmortem examination, but nowadays rodiology has advanced increasingly, so MBD can be diagnosed correctly and easily. A case of MBD with stroke symptoms is reported. A 56-year-old man who has been a heavy alcoholic for several years was admitted with stroke symptoms such as stuporous mental, hemi-extremities weakness, dysphasia and dysphagia. After treatment these symptoms were improved. |
Key words:
Marchiafava-Bignami disease(MBD), alcoholism, stroke |
|