Abstract

QUINTERO CUSGUEN, Patricia  and  GUTIERREZ ALVAREZ, Ángela María. Neuromyelitis Optica. Case Report. Rev. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2009, vol.7, n.1, pp.95-99. ISSN 1692-7273.

Neuromyelitis Optical, also known as Devic’s Syndrome, is a disease which combines optic neuritis and transverse myelitis. Some years ago it was considered as a form of multiple sclerosis. Actually, it is consider as a different disease, on the basis of the clinical, imaging, serology and immunopatholoy profile. A case of 29 years old female patient is reported, based on her clinical findings which began in the fifth postpartum month, with progressive lower limb paresis, associated with bilateral vision loss. This paper attempts giving a synoptic overview of this uncommon immune mediated demyelinating condition; it summarises the most important epidemiological parameters and presents the diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities available today.

Keywords : central nervous system; myelitis transverse; optic neuritis; immune system; múltiple sclerosis.

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