scholarly journals Mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes in a Japanese child: Clinical, radiological and molecular genetic analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laila Selim ◽  
Dina Mehaney
2001 ◽  
Vol 94 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenichi Amagasaki ◽  
Tsuneo Shimizu ◽  
Yoko Suzuki ◽  
Toshiyuki Kakizawa

✓ 28-year-old woman presented with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes (MELAS). The diagnosis was based on the results of molecular genetic analysis, which indicated a typical point mutation at the nucleotide pair 3243. Xenon computerized tomography scans obtained during the strokelike episodes revealed the lesion responsible for the symptoms to be an area of focal hyperperfusion, and scans obtained after the episodes revealed an area of hypoperfusion. Pathogenesis of the strokelike episodes appears to be metabolic dysfunction, although the involvement of a vascular event cannot be excluded.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 261-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Krogh Broendberg ◽  
Lisbeth Noerum Pedersen ◽  
Jens Cosedis Nielsen ◽  
Henrik Kjaerulf Jensen

1992 ◽  
Vol 174 (20) ◽  
pp. 6404-6410 ◽  
Author(s):  
R J Limberger ◽  
L L Slivienski ◽  
D B Yelton ◽  
N W Charon

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