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The study focused on assessing the clinical ophthalmic outcomes and their effects on patients with mitochondrial DNA disorders. Methods: A retrospective analysis of clinical characteristics in a cohort of CPEO patients (n = 36; 11 males, 25 females; mean age of onset: 41.2 years (\u00b1SD)) was performed. The underlying genetic defects, as well as histological features and their correlation with the clinical features, were evaluated. Results: Ptosis (56% of patients) was a frequently identified clinical symptom. Single mtDNA deletions were reported in all patients, and the \u2018common\u2019 4977 bp deletion (CD) was detected in 11 patients (30.6%). The incidence of the common deletion was higher (36.36%) in older patients (\u226551 years) as compared to younger patients (18.18%). The mean age of onset in patients harboring CD was 27 years (\u00b111.9). Furthermore, a tendency to increase the frequency of COX-deficient fibers with increasing age was observed in patients harboring the CD. Conclusions: The present study shows that CD is typically associated with elderly patients with CPEO. Moreover, ptosis and the presence of a single deletion in patients with mitochondrialopathy seem to be preliminary diagnostic criteria.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14082537","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,8]],"date-time":"2025-04-08T05:59:00Z","timestamp":1744091940000},"page":"2537","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Clinical Ophthalmic Outcomes and Impact of Single Large-Scale Mitochondrial DNA Deletions"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Michael Otakhor","family":"Erhunmwunse","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Brandenburg University of Technology, 03046 Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pushpa Raj","family":"Joshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of General and Family Medicine, Martin-Luther University Halle-Saale, 06112 Halle (Saale), Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,4,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1494","DOI":"10.1126\/science.aac7516","article-title":"Mutations causing mitochondrial disease: What is new and what challenges remain?","volume":"349","author":"Lightowlers","year":"2015","journal-title":"Science"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Jokinen, R., Marttinen, P., Sandell, H.K., Manninen, T., Teerenhovi, H., Wai, T., Teoli, D., Loredo-Osti, J.C., Shoubridge, E.A., and Battersby, B.J. 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