Vasogenic edema on MELAS: a serial study with diffusion-weighted MR imaging.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The authors performed a serial study of a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like syndrome (MELAS) who presented with diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI). DWI demonstrated a higher apparent diffusion coefficient in the lesion than in the control region during the acute stage of stroke. Vasogenic edema is present in stroke-like episodes in MELAS.
Medical subject headings
- Blood-Brain Barrier
- Brain Edema
- Cerebral Infarction
- Image Enhancement
- MELAS Syndrome
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging