2016•Panacea Journal of Medical SciencesOpen access

Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia(CPEO): A not so rare mitochondrial myopathy

Shilpa Sachin Kuthe, Nalini Humaney, Aditya Mapari

Abstract

Mitochondria myopathies have a variable clinical presentation and CPEO(chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia) is the hallmark which should alert the clinician to this diagnosis. Herein we report a-40-year old lady with progressive ptosis without diplopia and without any similar family history who was diagnosed as having a mitochondrial myopathy and given supportive therapy.

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Key concepts: Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, Medicine, External ophthalmoplegia, Mitochondrial myopathy, Myopathy, Mitochondrial DNA, Pathology, Genetics