Vasogenic edema on MELAS: a serial study with diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

M, Yoneda; M, Maeda; H, Kimura; A, Fujii; K, Katayama; M, Kuriyama

doi:10.1212/wnl.53.9.2182

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Vasogenic edema on MELAS: a serial study with diffusion-weighted MR imaging.

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Yoneda M

Maeda M

Kimura H

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 t...

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