PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ducreux, Denis
AU  - Nasser, Ghaidaa
AU  - Lacroix, Catherine
AU  - Adams, David
AU  - Lasjaunias, Pierre
TI  - MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Fiber Tracking, and Single-Voxel Spectroscopy Findings in an Unusual MELAS Case
DP  - 2005 Aug 01
TA  - American Journal of Neuroradiology
PG  - 1840--1844
VI  - 26
IP  - 7
4099  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/7/1840.short
4100  - http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/7/1840.full
SO  - Am. J. Neuroradiol.2005 Aug 01; 26
AB  - Summary: A 23-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit for respiratory failure, global lower and upper limb palsy, and higher cognitive function deterioration. Imaging, performed with a combination of the MR diffusion tensor imaging, fiber tracking, and MR spectroscopy, suggested the diagnosis of an acute severe unusual mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike event, which was confirmed by muscle biopsy, but fiber tracking showed unexpected unaltered white matter tracts.