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

Naa Adzoa Adzeley Boi-DsaneAnwar Sadat SeiduJudith SimonGilbert Batieka Bonsaana
Published in: Clinical case reports (2023)
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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