Abdullah Hassan, Shah Syed, Husain Humza, Hassan Furqan, Maqsood Hamza
Medicine, Nishtar Medical University, Multan, PAK.
Neurology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA.
Cureus. 2020 Apr 27;12(4):e7862. doi: 10.7759/cureus.7862.
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) usually manifests in early life. Clinical hallmarks of the disease are mitochondrial myopathies, encephalopathy with stroke-like episodes, seizures, and lactic acidosis. It rarely manifests in late adulthood. Here we present the case of a 63-year-old female patient who developed recurrent stroke-like symptoms with typical resolving and remitting pattern of findings on imaging. Later on, it was confirmed as a case of MELAS upon genetic analysis.
伴有乳酸酸中毒和卒中样发作的线粒体脑肌病(MELAS)通常在早年发病。该疾病的临床特征为线粒体肌病、伴有卒中样发作的脑病、癫痫发作和乳酸酸中毒。它很少在成年晚期发病。在此,我们报告一例63岁女性患者,该患者出现反复的卒中样症状,影像学检查结果具有典型的缓解和复发模式。后来,经基因分析确诊为MELAS病例。