Traumatic brain injury is unlikely precipitating Leigh syndrome due to the GJB2 mutation c.35delG
Journal Title: Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
With interest we read the article by Ashrafi et al. about a 14-year-old female who is regarded to have developed Leigh syndrome (LS) after traumatic brain injury (TBI) (1). We have the following comments and concerns: We do not agree with the notion that traumatic brain injury was the precipitating factor for LS. The patient had a history of hypoacusis, which is a typical clinical manifestation of a mitochondrial disorder (MID). Hypoacusis obviously had developed long before the TBI.
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