[Ptosis as the leading symptom of Kearns-Sayre syndrome. A case report for differential diagnosis of external ophthalmoplegia].
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia has generally been considered a brainstem syndrome, but new investigative techniques have identified a variety of etiologies. We report a 17-year-old girl in whom Kearns-Sayre syndrome presented as unilateral ptosis with progression to bilateral ptosis, and discuss the clinical, biochemical, electrophysiological, histopathological and computerized tomographical findings.
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Abteilung für Neuropädiatrie, Medizinischen Akademie Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007625:Kearns-Sayre Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009886:Ophthalmoplegia / Q000150:complications*
Ptosis als Leitsymptom eines Kearns-Sayre-Syndroms. Ein kasuistischer Beitrag zur Differentialdiagnosa der äusseren Ophthalmoplegie.