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Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease) in a patient with syphilis

Published:2007-10-17 Issue:2 Volume:14 Page:268-271
ISSN:1352-4585
Container-title:Multiple Sclerosis Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Mult Scler

Author:

Wilcox Robert A¹,Burrow James²,Slee Mark³,Craig Jamie⁴,Thyagarajan Dominic⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, 5041, Australia,

2. Department of Medicine, Royal Darwin Hospital, Casuarina, NT, 0811, Australia

3. Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, 5042, Australia

4. Department of Neurology, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, SA, 5041, Australia

Abstract

The patient initially presented with bilateral optic neuritis and periventricular cranial MRI abnormalities in the context of syphilis. Blood was positive but cerebrospinal fluid testing was negative for specific syphilis markers and he was oligoclonal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) band negative. He initially responded well to penicillin and corticosteriod treatment, but went on to develop the clinical syndrome of neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Testing for the presence of the serum autoantibody for aquaporin-4 was negative. This patient appears to represent another case of post-infectious NMO. Possible pathogenesis of this post-syphilis NMO syndrome in the patient is discussed. Multiple Sclerosis 2008; 14: 268—271. http://msj.sagepub.com

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Neurology (clinical),Neurology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1352458507082355

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