[Mitochondrial and ocular myopathies (62 cases)]

Rev Neurol (Paris). 1991;147(6-7):474-5.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The authors report the clinical signs and histological findings in 62 patients with ocular myopathies divided into two groups: (a) ocular myopathies with mitochondrial abnormalities, themselves divided into pure (19 cases) or progressive (15 cases) ophthalmoplegia, and multisystemic myopathies (14 cases); (2) oculopharyngeal myopathies (15 cases) in elderly subjects, with constant intranuclear tubulofilamentous inclusions. Among myopathies with mitochondrial abnormalities, ocular forms with a favourable prognosis coexisted with earlier and more severe multisystemic lesions.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Blepharoptosis / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mitochondria, Muscle / pathology*
  • Muscular Diseases / pathology
  • Ophthalmoplegia / pathology*