title: Macular pattern dystrophy and homonymous hemianopia in MELAS syndrome.
abstract: We report an unusual association of a pattern dystrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and homonymous hemianopia in a woman diagnosed with mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria of Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Radua
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kamal-Salah
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria of Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Baquero-Aranda
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Hospital Virgen de la Victoria of Malaga, Spain, Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: María Del Mar
authors.initials: Mdel M
authors.lastname: Grana-Pérez
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Centro de Investigaciones Médico-Sanitarias, Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Jose Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García-Campos
mesh_terms: D000140:Acidosis, Lactic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017241:MELAS Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012640:Seizures; D041623:Tomography, Optical Coherence; D014839:Vomiting