Crossed cerebellar diaschisis in a patient with late-onset MELAS associated with MT-ND3 mutation.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Guo, Kundian; Hong, Zhen
- Source
- Neurological Sciences. May2023, Vol. 44 Issue 5, p1827-1829. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
- Subject
- *MELAS syndrome
*NUCLEAR magnetic resonance spectroscopy
*DIFFUSION magnetic resonance imaging
- Language
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
This case highlights a rare radiological manifestation of MELAS and the importance of the MRS and mitochondrial DNA analysis to the differential diagnoses in patients with multiple stoke-like episodes. Axial brain MRI demonstrated cortical laminar necrosis in the cortex of the left hemisphere with gyriform hypointensity and enhancement on T1 post-contrast imaging (Fig. [Extracted from the article]