A Case of Kearns-Sayre Syudrome
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
; : 864-868, 1999.
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ABSTRACT
Kearns-Sayer syndrome, a rare mitochondrial disorder, is composed of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, atypical retinal pigmentation and complete heart block, and also causes numerous neurologic or endocrinologic symptoms. On muscle biopsy, a "ragged red fiber" was seen with Gomori trichrome stain, On electron microscopy, aggregations of abnormal mitochondria were demonstrated, confirming the diagnosis of mitochondrial myopathy. We report a case of Kearns-Sayer syndrome we have experienced.
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Main subject:
Retinaldehyde
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Biopsy
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Pigmentation
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Microscopy, Electron
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Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External
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Mitochondrial Myopathies
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Mitochondrial Diseases
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Diagnosis
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Heart Block
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Mitochondria
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society
Year:
1999
Document type:
Article