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Axial T2WI's: Scans demonstrate hyperintensity within the putamen bilaterally
& the right caudate nucleus. A focal hyperintensity is also present in the left midbrain.
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Lt images: Axial FLAIR images confirm the basal ganglia abnormalities and
another lesion in the medial cortex of the right occipital lobe.
Rt image: Axial T1WI with Gd reveal no enhancement of the lesions.
Key words: mri metabolic
Brain Diagnosis:
MELAS - myopathy, encephalopathy,
lactic acidosis & stroke-like episodes