RETINAL VASCULITIS ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of retinal vasculitis in a patient with neuromyelitis optica.


METHODS
Clinical case report, imaging was obtained with photographs, fluorescein angiography, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging.


RESULTS
The aforementioned patient presented with urinary incontinence and spastic paraparesis. She was found to have a transverse myelitis on magnetic resonance imaging and positive anti-aquaporin-4 (AQP4-Ab) testing. She had no associated visual symptoms. Examination revealed a retinal vasculitis. There have been no previous reports of retinal vasculitis associated with neuromyelitis optica or neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder.


CONCLUSIONS
Retinal vasculitis can be associated with neuromyelitis optica.
Department of Ophthalmology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mikel
M
Mikhail
Ayesha
A
Khan
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D009471:Neuromyelitis Optica / Q000150:complications*; D031300:Retinal Vasculitis / Q000209:etiology*