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Query: UMLS:C0013421 (
dystonia
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This study reports a 38-year-old woman with adult Leigh syndrome associated with partial deficiency of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex. The patient had intermittent diplopia, loss of vision,
dystonia
, central respiratory failure and unconsciousness with lactic acidosis. Treatment with an intravenous ketogenic emulsion resulted in rapid clinical and biochemical improvement. In patients with
acute respiratory failure
under these circumstances, intravenous ketogenic emulsion therapy is worth consideration.
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PMID:Adult leigh syndrome: treatment with intravenous soybean oil for acute central respiratory failure. 1045 98
