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
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.
Mitochondrial myopathies, Ptosis, Ophthalmoplegia, Diplopia, Family history