White Matter Lesions Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes

Late-onset Depression

The prevalence of larger subcortical white matter lesions was higher in patients with LOD compared with patients with EOD (47% vs 8%; p 0.002). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

BACKGROUND: Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) are more common in individuals with late-onset or late-life depression. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Some white matter lesions may be vascular in origin. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Susac Syndrome

Results: All 27 patients had multifocal supratentorial white matter lesions including the corpus callosum. [n.neurology.org]

When symptoms recurred, magnetic resonance imaging showed new scattered gray and white matter lesions, many within the corpus callosum. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Conclusions: The MR scans in SS show a rather distinctive pattern of supratentorial white matter lesions that always involve the corpus callosum. [n.neurology.org]

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Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

matter lesions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Additional diffusion-weighted imaging revealed restricted diffusion in the white matter lesions with a reduced apparent diffusion coefficient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lesion load was negatively correlated with cortical and subcortical grey matter volumes, but not with total white matter volume. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Binswanger Disease

Abstract OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of MRI features of Binswanger's disease (BD), specifically MRI with diffuse white matter lesions and scattered multiple lacunes [zora.uzh.ch]

The white matter lesions are usually small, commonly grouped around the frontal and occipital horns and in the centrum semiovale. [radiopaedia.org]

[…] in the genesis of deep white matter lesions. [stroke.ahajournals.org]

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CADASIL Syndrome

lesions on brain MRI. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

matter lesions are also seen in asymptomatic individuals with the mutated gene. [8] While MRI is not used to diagnose CADASIL, it can show the progression of white matter [ipfs.io]

matter lesions subcortical infarcts in white matter, basal ganglia, and brain stem external capsules and temporal lobes are often affected Leukoencephalopathy is often present [en.wikibooks.org]

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Microangiopathy

Classification The scale divides the white matter in periventricular and deep white matter, and region each is given a grade depending on the size and confluence of lesions [radiopaedia.org]

Scans were searched for white matter lesions and lacunar infarcts. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The Fazekas scale is used to simply quantify the amount of white matter T2 hyperintense lesions usually attributed to chronic small vessel ischemia, although clearly not all [radiopaedia.org]

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Demyelinating Disease

Large, edematous white matter lesions were observed with the pathological feature of obvious demyelination yet preservation of astrocyte and axon, fundamentally different [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) -- characterized by more than one episode of neurologic deficits separated in time, attributable to CNS white matter lesions that are separated in [kobiljak.msu.edu]

MRI brain demonstrated one additional white matter lesion also consistent with a demyelinating process. Figure 1 MRI scans for case No 1 (A–I) and case No 2 (J–P). [jnnp.bmj.com]

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Optic Neuritis

Axial, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) image demonstrates bilateral periventricular white matter lesions. [emedicine.com]

While AZOOR previously has been linked to MS and demyelinating white matter lesions in the brain, our case seems unique due to concurrent development of AZOOR and retrobulbar [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Eleven of the 29 patients (38%) had white matter T2/FLAIR (fluid-attenuated inversion recovery) lesions in the brain (not including the optic nerves). [emedicine.com]

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Urea Cycle Disorder

Histopathologically, cortical atrophy, basal ganglia lesions and white matter damage may be observed. [symptoma.com]

Symmetric cystic lesions at the gray matter-white matter junction, especially in the sulcal depth of the frontal, parietal, hippocampal, and insular regions, are known early [ajnr.org]

[…] pathologic lesions resulting from hyperammonemic encephalopathy ( 13, 14 ). [ajnr.org]

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Baló Concentric Sclerosis

A patient with a progressive left hemiparesis had a ring-enhancing, low-density right frontal white matter lesion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Most of the white matter lesions also enhanced with contrast material. [ajnr.org]

CT and MRI showed additional lesions, but no features unique to this process. [n.neurology.org]

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Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis

CT or MRI may show cortical atrophy or white matter lesions. [merckmanuals.com]

MRI can reveal multifocal white-matter lesions. Treatment The course of SSPE is variable, but it can last for years. There is no definitive treatment. [epilepsy.com]

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Vascular Dementia

Major diagnostic difficulties ensue from the very frequent cases with white matter lesions, since their etiology and classification remain widely unknown. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Synergic effects of the degenerative element of AD and white matter lesions might be associated with oxidative stress damage in the MD group. 2015 Japan Geriatrics Society [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is primarily seen in patients with atherosclerosis and chronic hypertension and results from the accumulation of multiple white matter lesions or cortical infarcts, although [radiopaedia.org]

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Hypoglycemic Encephalopathy

In addition to these lesions, which are consistent with hypoglycemia-induced brain damage, the cerebral white matter exhibited severe loss of myelin and axons with reactive [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] involving bilateral cerebral cortex while previous subcortical white matter lesions disappeared ( 1 ). [i-mri.org]

lesions involving bilateral cerebral cortex were found on DWI, while previous subcortical white matter lesions disappeared. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy

matter lesions on brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

OBJECTIVE: To analyze SWI hypointensities recently described in U-fibers and cortex adjacent to the white matter lesions of PML. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

All three cases demonstrated the hyper-uptake of MET around the white matter lesions and hypo-uptake of FDG inside the lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Postinfectious Encephalomyelitis

Emerging white matter lesions with slight restricted diffusion but without Gadolinium (Gd) enhancement. [springerplus.springeropen.com]

Multiple lesions in the deep and subcortical white matter are common, which is characteristic of demyelination (gray matter lesions sometimes accompany white matter lesions [myelitis.org]

MRI lesion patterns are generally recognized, but in all cases lesions are multifocal and involve mainly the supratentorial white matter: 18 -multifocal lesions of less than [slideplayer.com]

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Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis

We found a discrepancy between the lesion size and the clinical deficits of the patient, actually the clinical improvement antedated the regression of the white matter lesions [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis was confirmed by brain MRI which showed newly developed diffuse white matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

His clinical course was fluctuating and repeat imaging one week after presentation demonstrated interval development of characteristic white matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Alexander Disease

Here, the authors report 3 genetically confirmed Alexander disease cases with focal central white matter lesions that, upon longitudinal clinical and radiologic evaluation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mutation analysis of GFAP should be considered in patients with remitting neurological deficits, disseminated white matter lesions and absence of inflammatory CSF changes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There were no white matter lesions or contrast enhancing lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Encephalomyelitis

MRI showed leptomeningeal, peripheral spinal cord and periventricular cerebral white matter lesions in the brain, and polymerase chain reaction on cerebrospinal fluid detected [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] have multiple lesions in the deep and subcortical white matter, characteristic of demyelination. • The periventricular white matter is often spared. 39. [slideshare.net]

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Retrobulbar Neuritis

We report the case of a 26-year-old woman who developed progressive left hemiplegia, mental dysfunction, and had extensive bilateral cerebral white matter lesions diagnosed [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Axial, fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) image demonstrates bilateral periventricular white matter lesions. [emedicine.com]

In summary, she experienced two episodes of neurological deficit, had left hemiplegia and mental dysfunction associated with multiple lesions in bilateral cerebral white matter [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Marchiafava Bignami Disease

MRI of the brain demonstrated demyelination, edema and necrosis of the corpus callosum with extensive symmetrical subcortical white matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An additional role could be played by microscopic white matter lesions and/or neocortical neuronal loss, which have been occasionally observed in post-mortem studies of MBD [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In addition, multiple lesions were observed in bilateral frontoparietal subcortical white matter. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Neuromyelitis Optica

white matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Specifically, long corticospinal lesions, hemispheric cerebral white matter lesions and periependymal lesions in the diencephalon, dorsal brainstem and white matter adjacent [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

MRI disclosed multiple white matter lesions and a long cervical spinal cord lesion extending to the medulla oblongata. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Jacobsen Syndrome

matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Introduction: White matter lesions can have many causes. Two half-sisters (same mother) were presented to us for further examination. [thieme-connect.com]

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Cerebral Angiitis

KW - Cerebral angiogram KW - MR imaging KW - Vasculitis KW - White matter lesion UR - UR - U2 - 10.1007/s00415-003-1021-4 DO - 10.1007/s00415-003-1021-4 M3 - Article VL - [scholars.northwestern.edu]

Multiple small deep infarcts, extensive deep white matter lesions, tumor-like lesions, or multiple gadolinium-enhanced lesions were observed only in PACNS, whereas cervical [n.neurology.org]

Focal white-matter lesions in brain of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Lancet. 1995;345(8954):897–8. CrossRef PubMed 25. [springermedizin.de]

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Periventricular Leukomalacia

Periventricular leukomalacia, inflammation and white matter lesions within the developing nervous system. Neuropathology, 22 pp. 106–132. [oro.open.ac.uk]

Telles and Gabriel Santos, Brain white matter lesions correlated to newborns death and lethality, Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 6, 2, (231), (2006). [doi.org]

Marret, Role of tissue-plasminogen activator (t-PA) in a mouse model of neonatal white matter lesions: Interaction with plasmin inhibitors and anti-inflammatory drugs, Neuroscience [doi.org]

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Cerebral Cortical Atrophy

matter lesions. [stroke.ahajournals.org]

[…] volume occurred in patients with progressing white matter lesions, whereas no such decrease occurred in patients with nonprogressive white matter lesions [87, 88]. [smw.ch]

White matter lesions have been repeatedly associated with gait disturbances and mobility difficulties. [betterhealthwhileaging.net]

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Optic Papillitis

matter lesions, seen in Figures 5 and 6. [webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu]

matter lesions Intravenous corticosteriods: -hastens recovery by several weeks, no effect on visual function at 1 to 3 years -Decrease risk of clinical MS attacks Interferon [quizlet.com]

Magnetic resonance imaging (T2-weighted axial cut) shows multiple white-matter lesions in both cerebral hemispheres, including the periventricular regions. [arabmedmag.com]

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Spinal Demyelination

[…] in the left occipital white matter lesions. [radiologykey.com]

The lesions of multiple sclerosis (MS) the lesions are scattered in the white matter, but often clustering near the ventricles. [dartmouth.edu]

[…] of marked hypointensity within the white matter lesions. 28. [slideshare.net]

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Vitamin B12 Deficiency

Vitamin B 12 status has been associated with severity of white-matter lesions, especially periventricular in some, 97 but not all studies. 98 The partial reversal of white-matter [doi.org]

lesions and the known association of white-matter lesions with bipolar disorder, 61 we believe it is very likely that manic symptoms can be associated with vitamin B 12 deficiency [doi.org]

The disease process ranges from subclinical metabolic changes, to clinical symptoms, to irreversible structural damage, such as periventricular white-matter lesions. [doi.org]

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2-Hydroxyglutaric Aciduria

matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diffusion-weighted images demonstrated increased diffusion of water molecules in the white-matter lesions. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brain image revealed a symmetrical, extensive subcortical white matter lesion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

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Migrainous Stroke

It is possible that the white matter lesions in some migraine patients could be caused by reversible vasoconstriction syndrome. [jstage.jst.go.jp]

White Matter Lesions and Migraines Could you please explain the likelihood of developing white matter lesions if one suffers from frequent migraines? [consults.blogs.nytimes.com]

matter lesions and silent strokes; it failed to identify a higher risk for silent strokes or white matter lesions in patients with migraine. 59 The characteristics of WMHs [svn.bmj.com]

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