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Lu-Mei Chi¹, Yu Gao, Guang-Xian Nan

¹China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun City, Jilin Province, China.

|March 9, 2018

Abstract

Rationale:

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSDs) represent recurrent autoimmune diseases, generally beginning with optic nerve neuritis or acute transverse myelitis.

Patient Concerns:

A 57-year-old male with long-term alcohol intake was hospitalized because of limb numbness. EMG examination showed the peripheral sensory nerve was in demyelination and an axonal injury was found. His symptoms could not be improved by vitamin B injection but were later significantly attenuated by dexamethasone treatment. Four months later, symptoms of optic neuritis in the left eye appeared, and 6 months later he exhibited peripheral neuropathy with acute myelitis.

Diagnoses:

He was diagnosed NMOSD.

Outcomes:

Immunotherapy improved his peripheral neuropathy and myelitis symptoms.

Lessons:

NMOSD patients could represent peripheral neuropathy as the first episode.

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