Early presentation of neuromyelitis optica

Neuromyelitis optica is a rare autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system in childhood. Its relapsing form is usually reported in adults. We report a 3-year-old girl with relapsing, IgG seropositive neuromyelitis optica. Initially she presented with optic neuritis, followed by th...

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Published inIndian pediatrics Vol. 49; no. 11; pp. 924 - 925
Main Authors Dimitrijevic, Nikola, Bogicevic, Dragana, Dimitrijevic, Aleksandar, Nikolic, Dimitrije
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Springer-Verlag 01.11.2012
Subjects
Case Reports
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Maternal and Child Health
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neuromyelitis Optica - diagnosis
Neuromyelitis Optica - pathology
Pediatric Surgery
Pediatrics
Recurrence
Spinal Cord - pathology
Relapsing form
Neuromyelitis optica
Childhood
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Summary:Neuromyelitis optica is a rare autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system in childhood. Its relapsing form is usually reported in adults. We report a 3-year-old girl with relapsing, IgG seropositive neuromyelitis optica. Initially she presented with optic neuritis, followed by three relapses with deterioration of optic neuritis and developing transverse myelitis. With each relapse, the treatment was less effective. Four years after the onset of the disease, the patient was blind, had paraplegia associated with urinary and bowel incontinence and short stature.
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ISSN:0019-6061
0974-7559
DOI:10.1007/s13312-012-0199-x