Ophthalmic Genet. 2023 Sep 6:1-8. doi: 10.1080/13816810.2023.2253905. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
AIM: We describe the ophthalmic manifestations of Neuropathy, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa (NARP) syndrome in three related patients.
METHODS: We examined a mother and her two children, who were carriers of the mt 8993T>G mutation. The mother, patient I, is the first known carrier within the family pedigree. Patients II and III are her children from a non-carrier father. NARP syndrome and the heteroplasmy levels were established prior to the first referral of the patients to the Ophthalmology department.We performed a visual acuity testing, followed by a biomicroscopic and fundus examination, as well as additional multimodal imaging testing: optical coherence tomography (OCT) and fundus autofluorescence (FAF), and functional testing: electroretinogram and visual field.
RESULTS: All patients had the clinical manifestations of NARP syndrome, which were variably expressed symptomatically, on the fundus exams, electroretinogram, and visual fields.
CONCLUSIONS: Once genetically established, NARP syndrome, as other mitochondrial disorders, has a very variable progression with different degrees of severity. A multimodal approach involving both neurological and ophthalmological diagnosis of NARP syndrome is necessary in order to establish the course of the disease and the measures to be taken.
PMID:37671548 | DOI:10.1080/13816810.2023.2253905