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CAMMARATA-SCALISI, Francisco et al. Pearson syndrome: Case report. Invest. clín [online]. 2011, vol.52, n.3, pp.261-267. ISSN 0535-5133.

Among the etiologies of anemia in the infancy, the mitochondrial cytopathies are infrequent. Pearson syndrome is diagnosed principally during the initial stages of life and it is characterized by refractory sideroblastic anemia with vacuolization of marrow progenitor cells, exocrine pancreatic dysfunction and variable neurologic, hepatic, renal and endocrine failures. We report the case of a 14 month-old girl evaluated by a multicentric study, with clinic and molecular diagnosis of Pearson syndrome, with the 4,977-base pair common deletion of mitochondrial DNA. This entity has been associated to diverse phenotypes within the broad clinical spectrum of mitochondrial disease.

Palabras clave : Pearson syndrome; sideroblastic anemia; exocrine pancreatic dysfunction; deletion; mitochondrial DNA.

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