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. 2020 Oct 1;9(2):179-181.
doi: 10.1093/gastro/goaa062. eCollection 2021 Apr.

A rare neurological manifestation of a malnourished alcohol-dependent acute pancreatitis patient with Marchiafava-Bignami disease

Maciej Szmygin  1 , Joanna Bielewicz  2 , Krzysztof Pyra  1 , Anna Szczepańska-Szerej  2 , Konrad Rejdak  2
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A rare neurological manifestation of a malnourished alcohol-dependent acute pancreatitis patient with Marchiafava-Bignami disease

Maciej Szmygin et al. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). .
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Figure 1.
Significant decrease in the size of the primary area of involvement after 4 weeks of treatment compared with initial images. (A) and (B) T2-weighted MRI images showing the hyperintensity of the corpus callosum as well as the bilateral involvement of the cortical and subcortical regions of the frontal lobes. (C) and (D) T2-weighted MRI images revealing a significant decrease in the size of the primary area of involvement with residual hyperintensity of the splenium of the corpus callosum and complete regression of cortical and subcortical changes.
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