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Washington University Experience | MUSCLE | Myopathies with Mitochondrial Pathology | 8A1A Mitochondrial Myopathy (Case 8) 041 - Copy

Case 8 History ---- The patient is 13-yeara old with a clinical presentation suspicious for Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes (MELAS). Procedure: Left leg muscle biopsy. ---- 8A1A,B Many fibers have subsarcolemmal collections of numerous large, misshapen mitochondria. (electron micrographs)

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