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Acta Neurológica Colombiana

versão impressa ISSN 0120-8748

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GOMEZ-NARANJO, Heidy J. et al. Kearns Sayre Syndrome: Report of two cases. Acta Neurol Colomb. [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.1, pp.32-36. ISSN 0120-8748.  https://doi.org/10.22379/24224022128.

The Kearns-Sayre syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease caused, in most cases by deletions in mitochondrial DNA, usually not inherited and spontaneously occurring. It is characterized by multiorganic dysfunction that typically develops before the age of twenty. Described by Thomas Kearns and George Sayre who reported a case with presence of the triad of external ophthalmoplegia, pigmentary retinopathy and cardiac conduction blocks, the latter being decisive alteration in the forecast, as well as the number of affected organs. We report two cases of Kearns-Sayre syndrome debuting with ophthalmological clinical manifestations, associated with muscle weakness, similar to typical cases reported in the literature where most patients have eye involvement. The Colombian literature there are very few reported cases of this syndrome, so this presentation contributes to the knowledge of this entity in our environment, taking into account that this disease presents a specific clinical triad but both shows multisystem condition, requiring a high index of suspicion on the part of various specialties to which the patient can be accessed.

Palavras-chave : Kearns-Sayre syndrome; mitochondrial disorder; ophthalmoplegia (MeSH).

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