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Pupillary dysfunction in an atypical case of mitochondrial myopathy with tubular aggregates.
Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society - 1 Jun 2010
Ali Nadeem, Woodward Catherine E, Sweeney Mary, Phadke Rahul, Holton Janice L, Acheson James, Plant Gordon T, Bremner Fion D
Abstract excerpt
A 62-year-old man presented with diplopia, ocular ductional deficits, and sluggish pupils. Pupillometry demonstrated large hyporeactive pupils with no evidence of damage to the sympathetic or parasympathetic innervation, indicating a myopathy of the iris musculature. A single large deletion in mitochondrial DNA and characteristic histochemical features on muscle biopsy suggested a mitochondrial cytopathy....
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