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[Mitochondrial and ocular myopathies (62 cases)]
G Serratrice1, J F Pellissier, C Desnuelle
1Clinique des Maladies du Système Nerveux et de l'appareil Locomoteur, CHU La Timone, Marseille.
Revue Neurologique
|January 1, 1991
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.