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Case report: MELAS and concomitant presumed antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in an adult woman

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FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2022.1043695

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MELAS; antiphospholipid antibodies; anticardiolipin antibodies; heteroplasmy; MRI; MRS

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Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes, and other features (MELAS syndrome) are characterized by a rare condition caused by mutations in maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA. This article reports a case of a patient with MELAS and a potential Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APLAS). The patient presented with neurologic symptoms at different time points and was diagnosed with MELAS and APLAS based on laboratory and imaging studies.
Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes, and other features (short stature, headaches, seizures, and sensorineural hearing loss) constitute characteristics of MELAS syndrome. MELAS is a rare condition due to mutations in maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA with levels of heteroplasmy possibly related to late adulthood presentation. A previously reported MELAS case coexisted with presumed Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome (APLAS), but the connection between MELAS and a potential APLAS is unclear. A 29-year-old woman presented with mild right-sided sensorimotor symptoms and mixed aphasia in November 2021. She presented again in May 2022 for unrelenting headaches and was found to have a new right hemisphere syndrome with mild left-sided sensorimotor symptoms, hemineglect, and anosognosia. Characteristic lab and imaging studies were obtained. During the first presentation (October 2021), the discovery of anticardiolipin IgM antibodies (aCL) (and their replication 3 months later) led to a diagnosis of APLAS, and Warfarin was initiated. During the second admission (May 2022), a new stroke-like lesion on the right hemisphere with characteristic features not suggestive of ischemia was detected, which led to a diagnosis of MELAS (m3243A > G mutation). Although MELAS and APLAS could co-exist, alternatively, it is possible that antiphospholipid antibodies might be generated when the strongly anionic Cardiolipin-Hydroperoxide from the inner mitochondrial membrane is exposed to immune component cells upon cell lysis. Thus, the presence of aCL in patients with stroke-like lesions might masquerade as an APLAS, but should probably be questioned if only aCL are repeatedly found and imaging findings are not characteristic for ischemic lesions.

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