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September 10, 2025Frontiers in MedicineOpen Access

Fatal pneumonia in a patient with Kearns-Sayre syndrome case report and literature review

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JZJiaqi ZhangZSZefeng SongHZHuimin Zhou

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Case report reveals severe pneumonia in a Kearns-Sayre syndrome patient with diabetes, suggesting serious complications.

Key Points

  • Patient with kearns-sayre syndrome presented severe pneumonia, ultimately leading to death.
  • Confirmed kearns-sayre syndrome through genetic analysis showing mitochondrial dna deletion.
  • Clinical course included diabetes and third-degree atrioventricular block prior to pneumonia development.
  • Highlights critical need for monitoring respiratory complications in patients with mitochondrial disorders.

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Zhang et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c23e4fb210217d64791ca4https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2025.1575384
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