This table lists symptoms that people with this disease may have. For most diseases, symptoms will vary from person to person. People with the same disease may not have all the symptoms listed. This information comes from a database called the Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) . The HPO collects information on symptoms that have been described in medical resources. The HPO is updated regularly. Use the HPO ID to access more in-depth information about a symptom.
Medical Terms | Other Names | Learn More: HPO ID |
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80%-99% of people have these symptoms | ||
Abdominal distention |
Abdominal bloating
Abdominal swelling
Belly bloating
Bloating
[ more ]
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0003270 |
Abdominal pain |
Pain in stomach
Stomach pain
[ more ]
|
0002027 |
Atrophic muscularis propria | 0025149 | |
Cachexia |
Wasting syndrome
|
0004326 |
Poor swallowing
Swallowing difficulties
Swallowing difficulty
[ more ]
|
0002015 | |
External ophthalmoplegia |
Paralysis or weakness of muscles within or surrounding outer part of eye
|
0000544 |
Gastroesophageal reflux |
Acid reflux
Acid reflux disease
Heartburn
[ more ]
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0002020 |
Leukoencephalopathy | 0002352 | |
Nausea | 0002018 | |
Poor appetite |
Decreased appetite
|
0004396 |
Sensorimotor neuropathy |
Nerve damage causing decreased feeling and movement
|
0007141 |
Small intestinal dysmotility | 0012850 | |
Vomiting |
Throwing up
|
0002013 |
30%-79% of people have these symptoms | ||
Abnormality of the cerebral white matter | 0002500 | |
Abnormality of the extraocular muscles | 0008049 | |
Abnormality of the hand |
Abnormal hands
Hand anomalies
Hand deformities
[ more ]
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0001155 |
Abnormality of the mitochondrion | 0012103 | |
Decreased motor nerve conduction velocity | 0003431 | |
Decreased number of large peripheral myelinated nerve fibers | 0003387 | |
Decreased sensory nerve conduction velocity | 0003448 | |
Demyelinating |
0007108 | |
Diarrhea |
Watery stool
|
0002014 |
Distal muscle weakness |
Weakness of outermost muscles
|
0002460 |
Easy fatigability | 0003388 | |
Elevated hepatic transaminase |
High liver enzymes
|
0002910 |
Foot dorsiflexor weakness |
Foot drop
|
0009027 |
Hyperalaninemia |
Increased blood alanine
Increased serum alanine
[ more ]
|
0003348 |
Increased CSF |
0002922 | |
Lactic acidosis |
Increased lactate in body
|
0003128 |
Paresthesia |
Pins and needles feeling
Tingling
[ more ]
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0003401 |
Peripheral axonal neuropathy | 0003477 | |
Drooping upper eyelid
|
0000508 | |
Ragged-red muscle fibers | 0003200 | |
Sensorineural hearing impairment | 0000407 | |
5%-29% of people have these symptoms | ||
Abnormal |
0025461 | |
Low number of red blood cells or hemoglobin
|
0001903 | |
Cirrhosis |
Scar tissue replaces healthy tissue in the liver
|
0001394 |
Decreased muscle mass | 0003199 | |
Hypergonadotropic |
0000815 | |
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism | 0000044 | |
Mental deficiency
Mental retardation
Mental retardation, nonspecific
Mental-retardation
[ more ]
|
0001249 | |
Macrovesicular hepatic steatosis | 0001403 | |
1%-4% of people have these symptoms | ||
Dementia, progressive
Progressive dementia
[ more ]
|
0000726 | |
Percent of people who have these symptoms is not available through HPO | ||
Areflexia |
Absent tendon reflexes
|
0001284 |
0000007 | ||
Constipation | 0002019 | |
Cytochrome C oxidase-negative muscle fibers | 0003688 | |
Death in early adulthood | 0100613 | |
Distal amyotrophy |
Distal muscle wasting
|
0003693 |
Distal sensory impairment |
Decreased sensation in extremities
|
0002936 |
Gastrointestinal dysmotility | 0002579 | |
Gastroparesis |
Delayed gastric emptying
|
0002578 |
Hypointensity of cerebral white matter on |
0007103 | |
Intermittent diarrhea | 0002254 | |
Intestinal perforation | 0031368 | |
Malabsorption |
Intestinal malabsorption
|
0002024 |
Malnutrition | 0004395 | |
Mitochondrial myopathy | 0003737 | |
Multiple |
0003689 | |
Progressive |
Worsens with time
|
0003676 |
Progressive external ophthalmoplegia | 0000590 | |
Slender build |
Thin build
|
0001533 |
Subsarcolemmal accumulations of abnormally shaped |
0003548 |
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Related diseases are conditions that have similar signs and symptoms. A health care provider may consider these conditions in the table below when making a diagnosis. Please note that the table may not include all the possible conditions related to this disease.
Conditions with similar signs and symptoms from Orphanet
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Differential diagnoses include similar disorders with phenotypes that overlap between MNGIE and MELAS, MERRF or progressive external ophthalmoplegia (PEO; see these terms), for example patients with prominent gastrointestinal symptoms and genetic alterations either in the mitochondrial DNA (such as the MT-TL1 or MT-TK genes with the m.3243A>G ``MELAS'' mutation or the m.8313G>A ``MERRF'' mutation) or in the nuclear POLG gene encoding DNA polymerase gamma (responsible for mitochondrial DNA replication and implicated in PEO).
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