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. 2003 Nov;24(10):1958–1966.

TABLE 2:

Brain MR imaging findings in the patients with mitochondrial diseases

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

Note.—PVWM indicates paraventricular white matter.