Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD): differential diagnosis

Evidence-based neurology checklist on marchiafava-bignami disease (mbd): differential diagnosis: Neurological Encephalitis Meningitis Stroke Delirium Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) Traumatic brain injury (TBI) Dementia Osmotic demyelination disorder (ODD) Multiple sclerosis (MS) Lymphoma…

Neurological

  • Encephalitis
  • Meningitis
  • Stroke
  • Delirium
  • Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE)
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Dementia
  • Osmotic demyelination disorder (ODD)
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Lymphoma

Nutritional

Toxic

Metabolic

References

  1. Singer E, Bhatt K, Prashad A, Rudman L, Gadelmoula I, Michel G. Diagnosis and management of Marchiafava-Bignami disease, a rare neurological complication of long-term alcohol abuse. Discoveries (Craiova) 2023; 11:e168.
  2. Sehgal V, Kesav P, Modi M, Ahuja CK. Acute Marchiafava-Bignami disease presenting as reversible dementia in a chronic alcoholic. BMJ Case Rep 2013; 2013:bcr2012008286.
  3. Gray MT, Young GB, Budhram A, Hammond RR. An acute presentation of Marchiafava-Bignami disease. Ann Neurol 2023 (Online ahead of print).

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