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Case Reports
. 1990 Feb;58(2):93-7.

[Ptosis as the leading symptom of Kearns-Sayre syndrome. A case report for differential diagnosis of external ophthalmoplegia]

[Article in German]
K Vock  1 , H Todt, R Fötzsch, R Fischer
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  • PMID: 2332951
Case Reports

[Ptosis as the leading symptom of Kearns-Sayre syndrome. A case report for differential diagnosis of external ophthalmoplegia]

[Article in German]
K Vock et al. Kinderarztl Prax. 1990 Feb.

Abstract

Progressive external ophthalmoplegia has generally been considered a brainstem syndrome, but new investigative techniques have identified a variety of etiologies. We report a 17-year-old girl in whom Kearns-Sayre syndrome presented as unilateral ptosis with progression to bilateral ptosis, and discuss the clinical, biochemical, electrophysiological, histopathological and computerized tomographical findings.

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