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Washington University Experience | METABOLIC | Leigh's Dz | 6A1 Leigh Dz (AANP Diagnostic Slide Session 1990, Case 9) H&E X0.5
Autopsy Findings: The major autopsy findings were growth retardation, bronchopneurnonia, and left ventricular hypertrophy. The brain weighed 965 grams. In the thalamus bilaterally were focal 1 mm discolorations, primarily in the ventral aspects. Similar lesions were noted in the pons and midbrain. ---- This pontine whole mount shows bilateral lesions involving its tegmental aspect.
