Panacea Journal of Medical Sciences

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 3

Chronic Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia(CPEO): A not so rare mitochondrial myopathy

1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Medicine, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

2Professor, Dept. of Medicine, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

3Junior Resident, Dept. of Medicine, NKP Salve Institute of Medical Sciences, Nagpur

Abstract

Mitochondria myopathies have a variable clinical presentation and CPEO(chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia) is the hallmark which should alert the clinician to this diagnosis. Herein we report a-40-year old lady with progressive ptosis without diplopia and without any similar family history who was diagnosed as having a mitochondrial myopathy and given supportive therapy.

Keywords

Mitochondrial myopathies, Ptosis, Ophthalmoplegia, Diplopia, Family history