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Stroke-like Episodes in Inherited Neurometabolic Disorders
Metabolites, 2022 Stroke-like episodes (SLEs) are significant clinical manifestations of metabolic disorders affecting the central nervous system. Morphological equivalents presented in neuroimaging procedures are described as stroke-like lesions (SLLs).
Natalia Będkowska +2 more
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Antiepileptics and NO-precursors may be beneficial for stroke-like episodes
eNeurologicalSci, 2019 Pathogenesis and management of stroke-like episodes in mitochondrial disorders is under debate and no consensus has been reached thus far how this phenomenon should be managed. Frequently applied are nitric oxide (NO) precursors but a well-designed study
Josef Finsterer
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MRI Features of Stroke-Like Episodes in Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy With Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-Like Episodes [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 Mitochondrial myopathy encephalopathy lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is an important cause of stroke-mimicking diseases that predominantly affect patients before 40 years of age. MELAS results from gene mutations in either mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) or nuclear DNA (nDNA) responsible for the wide spectrum of clinical symptoms and ...
Weiqin Cheng, Yuting Zhang, Ling He
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Stroke-like lesions in mitochondrial disease may resemble ischemic stroke
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 The patient is a 73-y-male who was referred after a fall without losing consciousness or secessus. Clinical exam revealed disorientation, ophthalmoparesis, hemianopia to the left, left hemineglect, hypoacusis, quadruparesis, general wasting, generally ...
Josef Finsterer
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Stroke-Like Episode, Aphasia, and Hearing Loss in MELAS. [PDF]
J Clin NeurolLubotzky A, Teitcher M.
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2022 Background Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episode syndrome is a rare mitochondrial genetic disorder that can present with a variety of clinical manifestations, including stroke, hearing loss, seizures, and lactic ...
Ahmad F. Alenezi +3 more
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Wernicke Encephalopathy Mimicking MELAS
Medicina, 2022 Objectives: a stroke-like lesion, the morphological equivalent of a stroke-like episode and the hallmark of mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome, have not been reported as manifestations of thiamine ...
Josef Finsterer
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Stroke-Like episodes and epilepsy in a patient with COQ8A-Related coenzyme Q10 deficiency
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2023 Coenzyme q10 (CoQ10) deficiency is an extremely uncommon disease that has very rarely been reported in adulthood. This case describes an elderly male with ataxia since adolescence, and visual disturbance since 40, presenting with recurrent episodes of ...
Rithvik Ramesh +2 more
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Rheumatoid meningitis presenting with stroke-like episodes [PDF]
Neurology, 2014 Neurologic symptoms in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are most often caused by osseous compression, affecting the cervical spine or peripheral neurologic structures. CNS involvement in RA is infrequent, consisting of CNS vasculitis or meningitis with or without meningeal nodules.(1) When meningeal infiltration is seen, symptoms of presentation
Pascale, Bourgeois +2 more
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MELAS with multiple stroke‐like episodes due to the variant m.13513G>A in MT‐ND5
Clinical Case Reports, 2022 Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke‐like episodes (MELAS) is characterized by metabolic stroke, seizures, cognitive decline, lactic acidosis, ragged‐red fibers, headache, and vomiting, and in 80% of cases due to the mtDNA variant m ...
Ritwik Ghosh +5 more
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