Vegetarian diet and excessive tea consumption: a dangerous association?
Metab Brain Dis
; 32(1): 271-274, 2017 02.
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Rare metabolic diseases may sometimes arise acutely and endanger human life if not immediately recognized and treated. Marchiafava Bignami disease is an uncommon neurologic disorder described in alcohol abusers and characterized by an acute severe damage of brain white matter. Even more rarely, it has been reported in non-alcohol addicted patients, but never in vegetarian people. This is a case report of a young vegetarian woman, accustomed to drink high amounts of tea, who, three weeks after her first natural childbirth, developed serious motor and cognitive disturbances. A timely brain magnetic resonance (MR) allowed us to identify Marchiafava Bignami disease and she healed few hours after the administration of parenteral steroids and vitamins. We advise to suspect Marchiafava Bignami Disease in all patients presenting with non-obvious acute generalized motor and cognitive disturbances, also if non alcoholics, and to collect the nutritional habits in all patients with suspected symptoms. In these cases a timely brain MRI is warranted, since brain imaging is typical and patients may recover after a prompt treatment.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Té
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Dieta Vegetariana
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Encéfalo
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Enfermedad de Marchiafava-Bignami
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Metab Brain Dis
Asunto de la revista:
CEREBRO
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METABOLISMO
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Italia
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos