Overreligious beliefs with neuropsychiatric manifestations in a young lady—Rule out Marchiafava–Bignami disease

Publication date: Available online 15 April 2019Source: Medical Journal Armed Forces IndiaAuthor(s): Vijoy Kumar Jha, Dev Prakash Sharma, Vivek Sharda, Abhilasha KumariAbstractMarchiafava- Bignami disease is a rare condition characterized by demyelination of corpus callosum due to alcohol or malnutrition. Here we report a young lady who, due to her religious beliefs had stopped taking food and presented with neuropsychiatric manifestations. Neuroimaging was suggestive of Marchiafava Bignami disease and with adequate nutritional and thiamine therapy she had dramatic improvement clinically and had near complete resolution of lesions in neuroimaging.
Source: Medical Journal Armed Forces India - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research