RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MR Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Fiber Tracking, and Single-Voxel Spectroscopy Findings in an Unusual MELAS Case
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1840
OP 1844
VO 26
IS 7
A1 Ducreux, Denis
A1 Nasser, Ghaidaa
A1 Lacroix, Catherine
A1 Adams, David
A1 Lasjaunias, Pierre
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/7/1840.abstract
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.