Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia that could not be diagnosed by biceps muscle biopsy, but was genetically diagnosed by extraocular muscle biopsy
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- M.D., Ph.D. Shiraishi Wataru
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Department of Neurology, Kokura Memorial Hospital Shiraishi Internal Medicine Clinic
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- M.D., Ph.D. Tateishi Takahisa
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine
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- M.D. Hashimoto Yu
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- M.D., Ph.D. Yamasaki Ryo
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- M.D., Ph.D. Kira Jun-ichi
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University Translational Neuroscience Center, Graduate School of Medicine, and School of Pharmacy at Fukuoka, International University of Health and Welfare Department of Neurology, Brain and Nerve Center, Fukuoka Central Hospital
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- M.D., Ph.D. Isobe Noriko
- Department of Neurology, Neurological Institute, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
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- 上腕二頭筋生検で診断に至らず，外眼筋組織で遺伝子診断に至った慢性進行性外眼筋麻痺の1例
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<p>A 48-year-old Japanese male experienced slowly progressive diplopia. He had no family history and was negative for the edrophonium chloride test. Blood analysis showed elevated lactic acid and pyruvic acid levels, suggesting mitochondrial disease. A muscle biopsy from the biceps brachii was performed, but no pathological or genetical mitochondrial abnormalities were detected. Subsequently, he underwent muscle plication for diplopia in which the right inferior rectus muscle was biopsied. Genetic examination of genomic DNA extracted from the extraocular muscle tissue revealed multiple mitochondrial gene deletions, with a heteroplasmy rate of approximately 35%, resulting in the diagnosis of chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. In mitochondrial diseases, the tissue distribution of mitochondria with disease-associated variants in mtDNA should be noted, and it is important to select the affected muscle when performing a biopsy for an accurate diagnosis.</p>
Journal
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- Rinsho Shinkeigaku
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Rinsho Shinkeigaku 62 (12), 946-951, 2022
Societas Neurologica Japonica