Neuromyelitis optica: brain abnormalities in a Brazilian cohort
| Autor: | Daniel May Oliveira, René Leandro Magalhães Rivero, Denis Bernardi Bichuetti, Nilton Amorin de Souza, Alberto Alain Gabbai, Enedina Maria Lobato de Oliveira, Nitamar Abdala |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Adult
Male Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Myelitis neuromyelitis optica neuromielite óptica brain abnormalities medicine Demyelinating disease Humans erações encefálicas Optic neuritis Retrospective Studies Neuromyelitis optica medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Multiple sclerosis Neuromyelitis Optica Brain Magnetic resonance imaging Retrospective cohort study Middle Aged medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging ressonância magnética Neurology Cohort Female Neurology (clinical) business MRI |
| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.66 n.1 2008 Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Academia Brasileira de Neurologia instacron:ABNEURO Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-4, Published: MAR 2008 |
| Popis: | 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. Neuromielite óptica (NMO) é doença desmielinizante, remitente-recorrente, com acometimento predominante dos nervos ópticos e medula espinal e uma evolução mais grave comparada à esclerose múltipla. Estudos recentes demonstraram que até 50% dos pacientes com NMO podem apresentar lesões encefálicas à ressonância magnética (RM). Relatamos seis pacientes brasileiros com NMO, que satisfazem os critérios diagnósticos de Wingerchuck (1999) para NMO, com alterações encefálicas em RM de encéfalo e discutimos seus dados clínicos e de imagem. |
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