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Toxic Lesions of the Corpus Callosum

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The corpus callosum (CC) provides the motor, sensory, and cognitive performance of the brain by connecting the stimuli originating from the cerebral cortex to the other. Marchiafava-Bignami disease is a rare disorder with a history of chronic alcohol use in all cases. In all cases, symmetrical lesions are present in the CC, causing progressive demyelination and necrosis. Heroin and cocaine addiction, on the other hand, cause diffusion restriction and microstructural changes in the CC, depending on the duration, dose and form of use. Carbon monoxide poisoning is one of the most common poisonings that affects many areas of the brain as well as the CC, leading to death with variable clinical features. As new techniques come to the forefront, the effects of toxic substances on the brain, especially on the CC, will be understood more clearly.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Genetics, Meram Medical Faculty, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Türkiye

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Bedel, F.M., Bilgeç, N. (2023). Toxic Lesions of the Corpus Callosum. In: Turgut, M., Tubbs, R.S., Turgut, A.T., Bui, C.C. (eds) The Corpus Callosum. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38114-0_20

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