Diagnostic Value of MRI in the Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy in Children / 实用放射学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study diagnostic value of MRI in the mitochondrial encephalomyopathy about children.Methods 16 patients of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy in children had been examinatd with MR,proved by patholigy and biochemical laboratory examinations from 1996 to 2000.All of informations were retrospectively analysed.Results Brain parenchymal lesions in all cases were low signal intensity on T 1-weighted and high signal imtensity on T 2-weighted images.16 patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathe of children,9 patients of them had only the deep gray matter involved,4 patients had both the deep gray matter and the cerebral cortex involved simultsneously,2 patients had with involvement of cortex and subcortical white matter,1 patient had exclusitvely involvement of white matter.Conclusion The varied clinical and MRI findings are the characteristic of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy,MRI has better helping to the diagnosis of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy in children.