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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Transl Genet Genom. 2020 Sep 29;4:384–428. doi: 10.20517/jtgg.2020.40

Table 2.

Clinical Features of Mitochondrial Disease

Organ system Clinical feature
Brain Encephalopathy, microcephaly, ataxia, seizures, dementia, stroke, Parkinsonism, developmental delay and regression, intellectual impairment, psychiatric disorder, autism, cerebellar hypotonia, dystonia
Peripheral Nerve Sensory and axonal neuropathy, dysautonomia, aberrant temperature regulation, orthostatic hypotension, abnormal sweating
Special Senses Sensorineural hearing loss, optic atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, cataract, aminoglycoside hearing loss
Muscle Ophthalmoplegia, eyelid ptosis, myopathy, muscle cramping, exercise intolerance, hypotonia
Respiratory Respiratory failure
Cardiac Cardiac conduction defect, cardiomyopathy (dilated, restrictive, hypertrophic)
Renal Proximal renal tubular dysfunction (Falconi syndrome), nephrotic syndrome, Barrter syndrome, tubulointerstitial disease
Endocrine Diabetes mellitus, hypogonadism, hypoparathyroidism, infertility, short stature (not growth hormone related), growth hormone deficiency, adrenal insufficiency, exocrine pancreatitis
Gastrointestinal Dysphagia, cyclic vomiting, pseudo-obstruction, gastrointestinal dysmotility
Hepatic Hepatopathy, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Hematological Siderblastic and macrocytic anemia, pancytopenia, erythrocyte failure
Dermatological Lipomatosis
Skeletal Kyphosclerosis, bone marrow failure