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  • Title: An autopsy case of mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) with a point mutation of mitochondrial DNA.
    Author: Terauchi A, Tamagawa K, Morimatsu Y, Kobayashi M, Sano T, Yoda S.
    Journal: Brain Dev; 1996; 18(3):224-9. PubMed ID: 8836506.
    Abstract:
    A 14-year-old boy with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) is reported. He had suffered blepharoptosis and cataracts prior to the stroke-like episodes, and was thus reported in 1984 as having Kearns-Shy (Sayre) syndrome. After his death, an A-to-G mutation of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) at bp 3243 was identified in cardiac muscle and the liver. Neuropathologically, multiple old and recent necrotic foci were observed in the gray and white matter of the cerebrum and cerebellum. These lesions were occasionally observed in areas outside of the distribution of major blood vessels of the brain. In the recent necrotic foci, neural loss and sponginess were observed while some neurons were preserved intact. The latter finding has not been described in MELAS and suggests that metabolic degeneration had occurred in the neurons of this patient. This is the first report of a confirmed 3243 mutation of the mtDNA in an autopsied MELAS case.
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