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Spinal Nerve Roots Abnormalities on MRI in a Child with SURF1 Mitochondrial Disease.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Jun 2022
Rubino Alfonso, Bruno Giorgia, Mazio Federica, de Leva Maria Fulvia, Ruggiero Lucia, Santorelli Filippo Maria, Varone Antonio
Abstract excerpt
Variants in SURF1, encoding an assembly factor of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV, cause Leigh syndrome (LS) and Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 4K in children and young adolescents. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) appearance of enlarged nerve roots with postcontrastographic enhancement is a distinctive feature of hypertrophic neuropathy caused by onion-bulb formation and it has rarely been described in...
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