[Devic's disease].
Devic's disease, also known as Neuromyelitis Optica, is a demyelinating disease of the central nervous system, with selective involvement of the spinal cord and optic nerves. The authors describe a clinical case of acute myelitis, initially approached in the context of a nonspecific syndrome gripal, with subsequently sudden bilateral amaurosis, which leads to the diagnosis hypotesis of Devic's disease, a disease with poor prognosis in optic-spinal function and adequate symptomatic treatment.
Peixoto
Irina
I
Serviço de Medicina Física e de Reabilitação, Hospital S. Teotónio, Viseu.
Ermida
Vera
V
Torres
Ana
A
Aparício
Maria Inês
MI
André
Rui
R
Caldas
Jorge
J
D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000175:diagnosis