title: MRI of five patients with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to retrospectively review MR images of the brain in five patients diagnosed with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our research supports previously reported findings of confluent abnormal cerebral white matter in patients with mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy. In contrast to prior studies, our cohort of five patients showed that involvement of the corpus callosum as well as the capsular white matter, basal ganglia, thalami, midbrain, pons, and cerebellar white matter is not rare and does not preclude the diagnosis of mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia-Presbyterian Center, 177 Fort Washington Avenue, Milstein Hospital Bldg., Rm. 3-105, New York, NY 10032, USA. wsm8@columbia.edu
authors.forename: William S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lignelli
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hirano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017237:Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index