The Genetic Cause of Kearns-Sayre Syndrome Determines Counselling and Outcome of These Patients
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Kearns-Sayre syndrome
The Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a mitochondrial myopathy characterised by ptosis, chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, abnormal retinal pigmentation, and cardiac conduction defects. A unique case is reported in which there was rapid development ofprogressive congestive cardiac failure that required cardiac transplantation. A review of published reports of mitochondrial myopathy shows that...
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The authors describe a rare group of symptoms, resulting in progressive external ophthalmoplegia, retinal pigment epithelial dysfunction and cardiac conduction disturbance. The illness belongs to the group of mitochondrial cytopathies. The case extends over the diagnostic possibilities, with special attention on electromyographic diagnostic, clinical symptoms, pathomechanism of the disease, and...
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To cite: Sharma AK, Jain N, Kharwar RB, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2016216500 DESCRIPTION We describe the images of a 27-year-old man presenting with recurrent syncope due to complete heart block (figure 1). The patient, on further examination, showed ophthalmoplegia, bilateral ptosis (figure 2) and pigmentary retinopathy (figure 3). Ke...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0828-282X
DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2018.05.027