Abstract:
:We report the clinical, neuroradiological and biochemical features of a patient with epilepsia partialis continua (EPC). MRI studies disclosed multiple cortico-subcortical areas of abnormal signal intensity. The activity of complex I of the mitochondrial respiratory chain was markedly reduced in skeletal muscle. The biochemical defect was reflected in vivo by a failure of brain and skeletal muscle bioenergetics, as shown by exercise and phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) studies. Muscle morphology was repeatedly normal, and molecular genetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA was not informative. On the basis of in vivo and in vitro findings, the observed defect of the mitochondrial respiratory chain was considered the underlying biochemical pathogenesis of the disease. The observation of an oxidative defect in the brain and skeletal muscle of a patient with EPC emphasizes the importance of studying mitochondrial energy metabolism in patients with EPC not associated with primary CNS lesions when clinical and morphological findings suggesting a mitochondrial disorder are lacking. 31P-MRS can be a useful method to uncover deficits of CNS mitochondrial function and provide the indication for further biochemical studies.
journal_name
J Neurol Scijournal_title
Journal of the neurological sciencesauthors
Antozzi C,Franceschetti S,Filippini G,Barbiroli B,Savoiardo M,Fiacchino F,Rimoldi M,Lodi R,Zaniol P,Zeviani Mdoi
10.1016/0022-510x(94)00267-rsubject
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1995-04-01 00:00:00pages
152-61issue
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0022-510Xissn
1878-5883pii
0022510X9400267Rjournal_volume
129pub_type
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