Management of Ptosis in Kearns–Sayre Syndrome: A Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

Kearns–Sayre syndrome (KSS) is a rare mitochondrial disease that affects young adults, due to a deletion of mitochondrial DNA and characterized by the triad: age of onset lower than 20 years, chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia, and an atypical pigmentary retinopathy. It is also characterized by other endocrine, neurological, and especially cardiac impairment with a very high risk of cardiac complications during surgical procedures under all types of anesthesia.

Keywords

• Kearns–Sayre syndrome
• ptosis
• chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
• Frontal suspension