Cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings in children with nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases.

نویسندگان

  • Ching-Shiang Chi
  • Hsiu-Fen Lee
  • Chi-Ren Tsai
  • Clayton Chi-Chang Chen
  • Jai-Nien Tung
چکیده

Cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings suggestive of specific mitochondrial syndromes are reported. However, cranial magnetic resonance imaging features in children with nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases are rarely described. From January 1992-September 2009, data from 33 patients with nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases were collected. We investigated cranial magnetic resonance imaging features in children with nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases, and identified potential diagnostic characteristics. Eleven of 33 patients (33.3%) demonstrated normal findings, and 22 (66.7%) demonstrated abnormal findings. The most common abnormal finding was cerebral atrophy, with or without other lesion sites (15/33; 45.5%). The second most common was bilateral basal ganglia involvement (6/33; 18.2%). Follow-up imaging was performed in 20 patients. Ten of these 20 (50.0%) demonstrated evolutionary changes, in which progressive global brain atrophy was evident. Three patients with normal results and one patient with cerebral atrophy on initial imaging demonstrated prominent signal changes over the basal ganglia, brainstem, gray matter, white matter, and bilateral cerebellar hemispheres on follow-up imaging. Imaging in children with nonsyndromic mitochondrial diseases may produce variable findings. Normal results and cerebral atrophy on the initial cranial magnetic resonance imaging are commonly evident in this patient group.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Pediatric neurology

دوره 44 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011