TABLE 2:

Brain MR imaging findings in the patients with mitochondrial diseases

Patient No.MR Findings
1Normal
2Mild cerebral atrophy
3Normal
4Mild cerebral atrophy
5Mild cerebral atrophy, PVWM T2 hyperintensity
6PVWM T2 hyperintensity
7Cerebral and cerebellar atrophy
8Mild cerebral atrophy
9Mild cerebral atrophy
10Left parieto-occipital and right occipital cortical strokelike lesions
11Cerebral and cerebellar atrophy, diffuse T2 hyperintensity of cerebral white matter, globi pallidi, and midbrain dorsal aspect
12Normal
13Symmetrical T2 hyperintensity in putamina
14T2 hyperintensity in corpora striata and lamina quadrigemina
15Multiple and small cerebral cortical strokelike T2 hyperintensities
  • Note.—PVWM indicates paraventricular white matter.