Surgical Complication Following Urgent Appendectomy and Considerations in Surgical Management of a Patient With Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-Like Episodes (MELAS)

This case report details a surgical complication with a delayed presentation in a 23-year-old male with mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS). MELAS is a rare entity that can complicate the routine medical and surgical management of patients. Without suffici...

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Autores principales: Cassimatis, Nicholas, Ruzicka, Francis, Reilly, Kaitlin, Kumar, Rajat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10273776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39129

Internet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10273776/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37332441
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39129

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