A Case of the Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy.

Lee, Jong Bok; Kim, Ki Chang; Bum, Sang Gyun

Case Report

Journal of the Korean Ophthalmological Society 1987;28(2):489-494.
Published online February 1, 1987.

A Case of the Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy.

Jong Bok Lee, Ki Chang Kim, Sang Gyun Bum

Depatrroent of Ophthalroology, Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

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이종복(Jong Bok Lee),김기창(Ki Chang Kim),범상균(Sang Gyun Bum)

Abstract

The oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is a distinct, clinically well-defined myopathy of later life inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion with complete penetrance. Blepharoptosis, dysphagia, lower leg weakness are the most prominent findings. It is a systemic myopathy which affects all voluntary muscles and appears to spare smooth and cardiac muscle. The authors experienced a case of the oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy which showed characteristic signs and symptoms such as symmetric ptosis, dysphagia, and progressive external ophthalmoplegia, and the literature were reviewed.