Open AccessOftalmoplegia extrínseca progressiva: registro de três casos
Author(s) -
Luiz Antônio Alves Duro,
James Pitágoras de Mattos,
Maria A. M. Terrana de Carvalho,
Alexandre Alencar,
Jaime Braga Moreira,
J.A. De Lima
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
Language(s) - Portuguese
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.415
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1678-4227
pISSN - 0004-282X
DOI - 10.1590/s0004-282x1982000400011
Subject(s) - humanities , philosophy
Three women with extrinsic oculo-muscular distrophy were studied. In two patients the symptoms were began at 25 and another one at 56 year-old. Non myogenic features were observed: in case one there was familial otosclerosis. This patient had impossibility to beget children. Her first menstruation was observed at 19 and the last at 40 year-old, like to case 2, which was the only to have electrocardiographic alterations. Romberg's signal and profound hyporeflexia was obtained in case 3, whose family had a lot of member with cataract. Biopsy of the non ocular muscles was made too, in spite of patient's symptoms had been concerning to ocular muscles only. All of non ocular muscles had myogenic features. In electromyogram examination of non ocular muscles the myogenic features were observed too. Therefore, we believe in diffuse myogenic process in spite of ocular manifestation had been the only patient's complaints.