International Clinical Neuroscience Journal

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014)

Unilateral cortical thickening and hyper-intensity due to mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke like episodes (MELAS)

International Clinical Neuroscience Journal, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2014), 25 November 2014 , Page 69-72
https://doi.org/10.22037/icnj.v1i2.6754

Abstract

Patients with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) present with recurrent and partially reversible neurological deficits. Lesions of MELAS classically cause a signal change in both the grey and white matter, predominantly in the occipital and parietal lobes. These lesions mimic infarction. Here, we reported a case of MELAS with rare neuroimaging finding of hemispheric cortical thickening on T2/FLAIR images with intracortical nodular gadolinium enhancement; then we discussed the clinical and radiological differential diagnoses of it.

Keywords:
  • MELAS
  • Cortical thickening
  • Stroke

How to Cite

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Hatamian HR, Bakhshayesh B, Rahman-A N. Unilateral cortical thickening and hyper-intensity due to mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke like episodes (MELAS). Int Clin Neurosci J [Internet]. 2014 Nov. 25 [cited 2023 Nov. 29];1(2):69-72. Available from: https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/neuroscience/article/view/6754

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