An Autopsy Case of Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy with Lactic Acidosis and Stroke-like Episodes Syndrome with Chronic Renal Failure
2001 Volume 40 Issue 7 Pages 662-665
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2001 Volume 40 Issue 7 Pages 662-665
A 25-year-old man developed a stroke-like episode. He suffered from renal failure and became dialysis-dependent. His mother was also dialysis-dependent. A3243G point mutation of the mitochondrial tRNAleu gene was detected in both of them. The patient was diagnosed with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes (MELAS), and died of a recurrence of stroke-like episodes at the age of 30. Autopsy revealed numerous abnormal mitochondria in the kidneys, but no renal vascular changes. This is the first report of a MELAS case in which the presence of numerous abnormal mitochondria in podocytes and tubules was confirmed by electron microscopy.
(Internal Medicine 40: 662-665, 2001)
