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Macular pattern dystrophy and homonymous hemianopia in MELAS syndrome
Radua Kamal-Salah1, Isabel Baquero-Aranda1, María Del Mar Grana-Pérez1
1Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria of Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
BMJ Case Reports
|March 14, 2015
Summary
This study details a rare connection between pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and homonymous hemianopia in a patient with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome.
Area of Science:
- Ophthalmology
- Neurology
- Genetics
Background:
- Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disorder.
- Ocular manifestations in MELAS syndrome are uncommon, with retinal pigment epithelium changes not previously well-documented.
