Vision Loss and Symmetric Basal Ganglia Lesions in Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • A 30-year-old woman with progressive vision loss was found to have asymptomatic, bilateral, and symmetric basal ganglia lesions on MRI and was later diagnosed with Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON). The rare occurrence of basal ganglia changes on MRI in patients with LHON is discussed.

publication date

  • December 1, 2017

Research

keywords

  • Basal Ganglia
  • Blindness
  • Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber
  • Visual Acuity

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85039849154

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1097/WNO.0000000000000524

PubMed ID

  • 28459737

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 37

issue

  • 4