title: Myopic strabismus fixus: a mitochondrial myopathy?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ultrastructural analysis of extraocular muscle in a case of myopic strabismus fixus.
  
  
  METHODS
  Interventional case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Incisional biopsy and ultrastuctural analysis of recti muscles in a female patient with myopic strabismus fixus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ultrastuctural analysis revealed evidence of mitochondrial myopathy.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acquired strabismus fixus due to high myopia may be a manifestation of mitochondrial myopathy, a finding that has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Vittala International Institute of Ophthalmology, Bangalore, India. cpvenky@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Canjeevaram P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Venkatesh
authors.forename: Narayanappa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gayathri
authors.forename: Krishnamoorthy R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Murthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004948:Esotropia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008931:Mitochondria, Muscle / Q000648:ultrastructure; D017240:Mitochondrial Myopathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009216:Myopia / Q000150:complications*; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery / Q000648:ultrastructure*