Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is one of the hereditary optic neuropathies and is principally caused by three frequent mitochondria deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) pathogenic variants (m.11778 G>A, m.3460 G>A, and m.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA 29-year-old female with no family history presented with bilateral progressive blurred vision. Her symptoms appeared at 12-years-old and her visual acuity had since deteriorated from 0.6 to 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackgrouind: Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a mitochondrial disease characterized by bilateral severe subacute central vision loss and a mutation in the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The findings on cranial magnetic resonance imaging of patients with LHON vary from subtle to multiple white matter changes. However, they rarely present with diffuse infiltrative white matter changes.
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