title: Characteristic changes on brain CT in a case of Leigh encephalopathy with deficiency of pyruvate dehydrogenase.
abstract: A girl aged 23 months of Leigh encephalopathy with pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDHC) deficiency was reported. Brain CT scan showed atrophy of the frontal and parietal cortex, low density in the midbrain and putamina, and rounded caudatum. CT change was showed from rounded to atrophic caudatum during a three-month period. The rounded caudatum may be an early CT finding in Leigh encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Neurology, Kibou-no-Ie Rehabilitation Center Hospital for the Handicapped, Gunma, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Miyasato
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koide
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000201:enzymology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007888:Leigh Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000201:enzymology; D015325:Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex Deficiency Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed