I report a 45-year old woman who had a history of neuromyelitis óptica (NMO). She was admitted by bilateral blindness and mydriasis, as well as tetraparesia. The visual evoked potential revealed absence of waves in both eyes. For this reason, she received an omental transplantation on the optic chiasm and left temporal lobe. Three days after surgery, she presented motor improvement in her limbs...

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is considered to be a rarer autoimmune disease than multiple sclerosis. It is very difficult to make a diagnosis of MNO for doctors who are not familiar with its clinical features and diagnostic criteria. We report a case of a young female patient who had been suffering motor weakness and radiating pain in both upper extremities. Cervical MRI showed tumorous lesion in...

Background: Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) has emerged as a disorder distinct from multiple sclerosis, largely due to the discovery in 2004 of a novel disease marker, aquaporin-4 immunoglobulin or AQP4-IgG (also known as NMO-IgG). Differentiating NMOSD from multiple sclerosis has important prognostic and treatment implications. The features of pediatriconset multiple sclerosis h...