Case Report
Severe Ischemic Colitis in A Patient with Melas Syndrome
1Department of Gastroenterology, Severo Ochoa University Hospital, Spain
2Alfonso X “El Sabio” University, Spain
Received Date: October 29, 2020; Published Date: October 29, 2020
Introduction
MELAS syndrome is a genetic mitochondrial myopathy affecting less than 0.05% of people, which occurs with encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and cerebral ischemia [1]. Although it has a variable phenotypic expression, the predominant digestive manifestations [2,3] are constipation and pseudo-obstruction which are infrequent and occasionally serious. We present a patient with MELAS syndrome and the digestive disorder chronic ischemic colitis following intestinal obstruction due to fecaloma.
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