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Massive focal brain swelling as a feature of MELAS
G N Breningstall1, L A Lockman
1Department of Pediatric Subspecialties, Park Nicollet Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55404.
Pediatric Neurology
|November 1, 1988
Abstract:
Two patients are reported with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes in whom CT documented massive focal brain swelling with midline shift concurrent with exacerbations of their conditions. Brain swelling producing mass effect should be recognized as a feature of MELAS.