title: Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges in mitochondrial encephalomyopathy.
abstract: Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (PLEDs) were transiently recorded during the acute phase of cerebral stroke-like episodes in three patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy (MEM). One of the patients developed stroke-like episodes three times, always accompanied by PLEDs. These discharges were recorded from the hemisphere responsible for the stroke-like episodes or from the more severely affected hemisphere when bilateral hemispheres were affected. Although PLEDs have been rarely reported in MEM, this disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis of cerebral infarction with PLEDs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Funakawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Terao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017237:Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathies / Q000503:physiopathology*