MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is a rare genetic condition whose differential diagnosis is often posed with juvenile stroke, but more rarely even with inflammatory/infectious encephalitis, causing diagnostic challenges. Here we report the case of a young man harbouring the m.3243A>G MELAS mutation presenting an acute onset mimicking the clinical and neuroimaging features of infective encephalitis.

Acute encephalopathy of the temporal lobes leading to m.3243A>G. When MELAS is not always MELAS

CALDARAZZO IENCO, ELENA;ORSUCCI, DANIELE;SIMONCINI, COSTANZA;LO GERFO, ANNALISA;SICILIANO, GABRIELE;BONUCCELLI, UBALDO;MANCUSO, MICHELANGELO
2016-01-01

Abstract

MELAS syndrome (mitochondrial encephalopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes) is a rare genetic condition whose differential diagnosis is often posed with juvenile stroke, but more rarely even with inflammatory/infectious encephalitis, causing diagnostic challenges. Here we report the case of a young man harbouring the m.3243A>G MELAS mutation presenting an acute onset mimicking the clinical and neuroimaging features of infective encephalitis.
2016
CALDARAZZO IENCO, Elena; Orsucci, Daniele; Simoncini, Costanza; Montano, Vincenzo; LO GERFO, Annalisa; Siciliano, Gabriele; Bonuccelli, Ubaldo; Mancus...espandi
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