Neuromyelitis optica: brain abnormalities in a Brazilian cohort.
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a demyelinating disease consisting of relapsing-remitting optic neuritis and myelitis with a more severe course than Multiple Sclerosis. Recently, it has been shown that almost 50% of patients with NMO can have brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities. We report on six Brazilian patients with NMO, fulfilling the 1999 Wingerchuck criteria for this disease, with abnormal brain MRI and discuss their clinical and radiological features.
Bichuetti
Denis Bernardi
DB
Neurology and Neurosurgery Department, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. denisbichuetti@globo.com
Rivero
René Leandro Magalhães
RL
Oliveira
Daniel May
DM
Souza
Nilton Amorin de
NA
Abdala
Nitamar
N
Oliveira
Enedina Maria Lobato
EM
Gabbai
Alberto Alain
AA
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies