Marchiafava-Bignami disease


Athetosis

A slow, continuous, involuntary writhing movement that prevents maintenance of a stable posture. Athetosis involves continuous smooth movements that appear random and are not composed of recognizable sub-movements or movement fragments. In contrast to chorea, in athetosis, the same regions of the body are repeatedly involved. Athetosis may worsen with attempts at movement of posture, but athetosis can also occur at rest.


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Marchiafava-Bignami's Disease, as Etiologic Diagnosis of Athetosis.
Vargas Canas A, Rivas M, Guerrero Torrealba R, Francisca Fajre Caamano M.
Ann Neurosci. 2017;24(1):57-60.
The authors associate this manifestation with the somatotopic distribution of the corpus callosum, and contribute to the etiologic diagnosis of Athetosis as a manifestation of the Marchiafava-Bignami disease, which has not been reported in the medical literature according to our review of the database.