INTRODUCTION Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe demyelinating syndrome characterized by optic neuritis (ON) and acute myelitis. The NMO spectrum is actually recognized to typically evolve as a relapsing disorder that also includes patients with atypical unilateral ON and those with index events of ON and myelitis occurring weeks or even years apart (Jarius/Wildemann 2013). NMO was previousl...

Dear editors, We read with extreme interest the paper by Souza et al.1 This study describes one case of a 75-year-old woman with neuromyelitis optica (NMO)1. Including this case, only six cases of neuromyelitis optica developing after the age of 70 have been reported. We think that it is important to describe our recent experience. A 72-year-old Caucasian woman sought our service complaining of...

Irreversible neurological deficit and disability in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NOSD) are formed as a result of exacerbations, which often life-threatening. Timely diagnosis treatment exacerbations is key task the management this category patients. A unified structured approach to NOSD has not been developed. The purpose article analyze scientific literature data on issue order opt...