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"LEIGH DISEASE"

“ A mitochondrial defect of childhood/infancy.  May be due to low thiamine (like Wernicke/Korsakoff syndrome). MRI •   Focal areas of necro...

A mitochondrial defect of childhood/infancy. 
May be due to low thiamine (like Wernicke/Korsakoff syndrome).

MRI

•  Focal areas of necrosis in the basal ganglia, thalamus and sub-cortical white matter
•  Characteristically involves the periacqueductal grey matter (like Wernicke/Korsakoff syndrome)