Serial MRI Findings in a Clinically Diagnosed Adult Onset Leigh Syndrome.
- Author:
Sung Eun KIM
1
;
Jae Young KIM
;
Jung Wook JUNG
;
Dong Sun KIM
;
Eun Ju JUNG
;
Eung Kyu KIM
;
Seok Hyun SON
;
Choong Ki EUN
;
Tae Yoon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Pusan Paik Hospital, Inje University Department of Neurology.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Leigh syndrome;
Mammillary body;
MRI
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Leigh Disease*;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Mamillary Bodies;
Neurodegenerative Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2000;18(3):341-344
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Adult onset Leigh syndrome is a very rare neurodegenerative disorder of unknown cause. We report the evolution of the lesions on serial MRIs in a 38-year-old man with clinically diagnosed Leigh syndrome. We emphasize that the mammillary bodies can be involved during the disease course and that premortem diagnosis of Leigh syndrome is pos-sible, if a characteristic distribution of lesions can be demonstrated on MRI.
