scholarly journals Giant subcutaneous lipomatosis in Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers syndrome: The first literature report of “laparoscopic” excision

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (8) ◽  
pp. 855-856
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Di Buono ◽  
Giorgio Romano ◽  
Elisa Maienza ◽  
Giulia Bonventre ◽  
Leonardo Gulotta ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-423
Author(s):  
Maud Michaud ◽  
Tanya Stojkovic ◽  
Thierry Maisonobe ◽  
Anthony Behin ◽  
Benoit Rucheton ◽  
...  

Neuropathies in Myoclonic Epilepsy with Ragged Red Fibers (MERRF) syndrome are frequent but ganglionopathies have never been reported. We retrospectively identified 24 patients with MERRF mutations in the neuromuscular center Nord/Est/Ile de France (Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France). Seventeen nerve conduction studies (NCS) were available. Five patients had MERRF syndrome and ganglionopathy, a pure sensory neuropathy. All of them displayed ataxia and mild clinical sensory abnormalities. Ganglionopathies have been reported in mitochondrial diseases but never in MERRF syndrome. We suggest that patients presenting with ganglionopathy, especially if associated with myopathy, lipomatosis or epilepsy, should be screened for MERRF mutations.


1995 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Sparaco ◽  
Eric A. Schon ◽  
Salvatore DiMauro ◽  
Eduardo Bonilla

Author(s):  
Tomoya Kawazoe ◽  
Shinsuke Tobisawa ◽  
Keizo Sugaya ◽  
Akinori Uruha ◽  
Kazuhito Miyamoto ◽  
...  

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter O. Arruda ◽  
Luiz F. B. Torres ◽  
Anne lombes ◽  
Salvatore Dimauro ◽  
Belkiss A. Cardoso ◽  
...  

The authors describe a family (mother, son and two daughters) with mitochondrial myopathy. The mother was asymptomatic. Two daughters had lactic acidosis and myoclonic epilepsy, mild dementia, ataxia, weakness and sensory neuropathy. The son suffered one acute hemiplegic episode due to an ischemic infarct in the right temporal region. All the patients studied had hypertension. EEG disclosed photomyoclonic response in the proband patient. Muscle biopsy disclosed ragged-red fibers and abnormal mitochondria by electron microscopy. Biochemical analysis showed a defect of cytochrome C oxidase in mitochondria isolated from skeletal muscle. Several clinical and genetic aspects of the mitochondrial encephalomyopathies are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raymond P. Najjar ◽  
Pascal Reynier ◽  
Angélique Caignard ◽  
Vincent Procaccio ◽  
Patrizia Amati-Bonneau ◽  
...  

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