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2029296

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-6-14
pubmed:abstractText
A spongy lesion consists of numerous vacuoles, mainly in the central gray matter, and is a characteristic finding in subacute necrotizing encephalopathy (Leigh encephalopathy); the cause of this lesion is unknown. An ultrastructural study on the vacuolated lesions in the left putamen of a patient with subacute necrotizing encephalopathy due to a deficiency of mitochondrial enzyme complexes I and IV revealed that the vacuoles were formed through the splitting of myelin. Because myelin splitting is commonly caused by toxic or metabolic diseases in humans and experimental animals, we believe that the vacuolation was due to the splitting of myelin which was caused by abnormal mitochondrial metabolism, even though this lesion is most commonly found in the white matter. We do not know whether the spongy lesion is formed only through myelin splitting in patients with subacute necrotizing encephalopathy; however, myelin splitting must play an important role in the formation of the spongy lesion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0887-8994
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
56-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Myelin splitting in the spongy lesion in Leigh encephalopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports