On-line Table 1: Clinical diagnostic criteria for MELAS syn- On-line Table 2: Cortical gyri, subgyral regions, and deep paren- drome (Yatsuga et al,1 2012)a chymal structures assessed for the presence of new lesions in Clinical Diagnostic Criteria patients with MELAS syndrome Category A criteria Regions Assessed Headaches with vomiting Temporal Seizures Superior temporal : medial-third Hemiplegia Postcentral gyrus: middle-third Postcentral gyrus: lateral-third Acute focal lesions on : anterior Category B criteria High plasma or CSF lactate Hippocampal gyrus Mitochondrial abnormalities on muscle biopsy: ragged-red Temporal pole Parietal fibers, strongly succinate dehydrogenase–reactive Temporal operculum : posterior vessels A MELAS-related pathogenic variant on genetic testing: most common is MT-TL1 m.3243A.G (80% of cases) a A clinical diagnosis of MELAS can be made in an individual with at least 2 cate- : medial-third : inferior: pericalcarine gory A and 2 category B criteria. Precentral gyrus: middle-third Cuneus: superior Precentral gyrus: lateral-third Lingual gyrus: posterior Paracentral lobule: anterior Superior occipital gyrus Middle occipital gyrus Inferior occipital gyrus Occipital pole Lateral Medial orbital gyri Gyrus rectus Frontopolar Insula: long gyrus Insula: short gyri Frontal operculum

Limbic lobe Caudate: head Caudate: body Fornix Caudate: tail Cingulate gyrus: anterior Putamen Cingulate gyrus: posterior Globus pallidus Hypothalamus : anterior Thalamus: dorsal Thalamus: ventral Thalamus: pulvinar

Posterior fossa : tegmentum Midbrain: tectum Pons Superior cerebellar peduncle Middle cerebellar peduncle Inferior cerebellar peduncle Dentate

AJNR Am J Neuroradiol :2020 www.ajnr.org E1 On-line Table 3: Anatomic location of 41 new lesions in 8 patients with MELAS Anatomic Location No. of Lesions Function and BA Total 41 From 17 MRI studies Cortical lesions 36 Lobe Parietal 11 Occipital 10 Frontal 9 Temporal 6 Limbic 2 Gyrus/component involved Pericalcarine cuneus 5 Primary : BA 17 Postcentral gyrus: middle-third (anterior 5 Primary somatosensory cortex (/arm region): BA 3 cortical surface) Cerebellar folia: posterior lobe 3 Coordination of muscle movement 3 Primary : BA 41 and 42 Precentral gyrus: middle-third 2 Primary (hand/arm region): BA 4 Precentral gyrus: lateral-third 2 (facial region): BA 4 Occipital pole 2 Primary visual cortex: BA 17 Inferior occipital gyrus 2 Secondary visual cortex: BA 18 Lingual gyrus: anterior 2 (visual /): BA 35 Superior parietal lobule 2 Spatial orientation: BA 5 Angular gyrus 2 Reading, number processing, : BA 39 Middle frontal gyrus 2 Dorsolateral : BA 46 Medial frontal gyrus 2 Supplementary motor cortex and frontal fields: BA 6 and 8 Cingulate gyrus: posterior 2 , emotion-memory interaction: BA 31 Fusiform gyrus 1 Facial recognition: BA 37 Precuneus 1 Visuomotor coordination: BA 7 Lingual gyrus: posterior 1 Secondary visual cortex: BA 18 Paracentral lobule: anterior 1 Primary motor cortex (leg region): BA 4 Deep lesions 5 Ventral posterolateral thalamus 4 relay to 1 , arm swinging Symmetric new lesions 6 Studies Symmetric lesions present in 6 of the 11 studies that demonstrated multiple new lesions Pericalcarine cuneus 1 Pair Postcentral gyrus: middle-third 1 Pair Precentral gyrus: middle-third 1 Pair Precentral gyrus: lateral-third 1 Pair Superior temporal gyrus 1 Pair Middle frontal gyrus 1 Pair

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