Living with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia alongside cataract, peptic ulcer disease, diabetes and hypertension in Ghana

This is the case of a 51‐year‐old woman with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) alongside some comorbidities in a low‐resource setting. This report seeks to sensitise clinicians about this rare condition in order to increase their index of suspicion and avoid misdiagnosis.

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Autores principales: Boi‐Dsane, Naa Adzoa Adzeley, Seidu, Anwar Sadat, Simon, Judith, Bonsaana, Gilbert Batieka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10654466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38028051
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8213
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spelling pubmed-106544662023-11-16 Living with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia alongside cataract, peptic ulcer disease, diabetes and hypertension in Ghana Boi‐Dsane, Naa Adzoa Adzeley Seidu, Anwar Sadat Simon, Judith Bonsaana, Gilbert Batieka Clin Case Rep Case Report This is the case of a 51‐year‐old woman with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia (CPEO) alongside some comorbidities in a low‐resource setting. This report seeks to sensitise clinicians about this rare condition in order to increase their index of suspicion and avoid misdiagnosis. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-11-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10654466/ /pubmed/38028051 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8213 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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title_short Living with chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia alongside cataract, peptic ulcer disease, diabetes and hypertension in Ghana
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.8213
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