NEURO-IMAGE: MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes syndrome).
(2022) Acta Neurologica Belgica — Vol. 122, n° 6, p. 1597-1598 (2022)
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Pichon, Louise 
Duprez, Thierry
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- (en) Case report : A 30-year-old woman with a history of bilateral sensorineural deafness since the age of 14 years, a right occipital ischemic stroke with left hemianopia and epilepsy was admitted to the neurology department with speech disorders and a new epileptic insult. MRI revealed extensive cytotoxic edema of the left temporo–parieto–occipital cortex and mirrored right-sided sequelae (Fig. 1a, b). MR-angiography and MR-venography (not shown) were normal. [...]
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Pichon, L., Ivanoiu, A., Duprez, T., Lacomblez, D., & Wilms, G. (2022). NEURO-IMAGE: MELAS (mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes syndrome). Acta Neurologica Belgica, 122(6), 1597-1598. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-021-01694-2 (Original work published 2022)