Marchiafava-Bignami disease in a patient with schizophrenia and alcohol use disorder

Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2021 Sep;49(5):228-231. Epub 2021 Sep 1.

Abstract

Substance-related disorders are the most frequent comorbidity in schizophrenia. Concretely, alcohol is the most commonly consumed substance after tobacco. Patients with schizophrenia with this comorbidity have a worse clinical course and can develop serious neuropsychiatric complications. One of them, Marchiafava-Bignami disease (MBD) can be incorrectly diagnosed as a decompensation of their mental disorder.

MeSH terms

  • Alcoholism* / complications
  • Corpus Callosum
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Marchiafava-Bignami Disease* / complications
  • Schizophrenia* / complications