Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 36-2005. A 61-year-old woman with seizure, disturbed gait, and altered mental status

N Engl J Med. 2005 Nov 24;353(21):2271-80. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcpc059032.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Clinical Conference

MeSH terms

  • Aphasia / etiology*
  • Biopsy
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Confusion / etiology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Gait Disorders, Neurologic / etiology
  • Hearing Loss / etiology
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / analysis
  • MELAS Syndrome / complications
  • MELAS Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • MELAS Syndrome / genetics
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Muscle, Skeletal / pathology*
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Vision Disorders / etiology

Substances

  • Lactic Acid