title: Primary Sjögrens syndrome presenting as neuromyelitis optica.
abstract: This report presents a patient with Devics neuromyelitis optica associated with primary Sjögrens syndrome. Her first attack was right-sided optic neuritis at age 10 years. Attacks involving both optic nerves and medulla spinalis were recorded during the ensuing years. The diagnosis of Sjögrens syndrome could not be made until the second decade because it was not suspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. figen.gokcay@ege.edu.tr <figen.gokcay@ege.edu.tr>
authors.forename: Figen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gökçay
authors.forename: Neşe
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Celebisoy
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gökçay
authors.forename: Yasemin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kabasakal
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*