The clinicopathological study of five autopsied cases of Marchiafava-Big-nami disease is reported. The demielination of the central portion of the. corpus callosum is the major characteristics of the disease. In two cases the demielination also involved the anterior and posterior commissures. There is a clear relationship to alcoholism land malnutrition in the cases reported in the present study.
corpus callosum; primary necrosis; Marchiafava-Bignami's disease; alcoholism; malnutrition