[Mitochondrial myopathy: two case reports].
Mitochondrial myopathy is a genetic disorder characterized by chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia and upper eyelid, ptosis which occurs before 30 to 40 years of life. The authors reviewed the literature and reported two cases of reading diplopia in female patients.
Grebos
Sara Patrícia
SP
Serviço de Oftalmologia, Hospital de Olhos do Paraná, Curitiba, PR. saragrebos@yahoo.com.br
Almeida
Tatiana de
Td
Barbosa
Karine Horta
KH
Buquera
Michele Agostini
MA
Moreira
Ana Tereza Ramos
AT
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004172:Diplopia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017246:Ophthalmoplegia, Chronic Progressive External / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*