Benmoh Y
Mohamed V Military Teaching Hospital,
Rabat
Morocco
Case Report
Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders Associated To Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome: Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Treatment and Evolution: A Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s): Benmoh Y, Hamid M, Arrami A, Alaoui MY, Satte A, Mounach J, Bichra MZ, Elfenni J and Bourazza ABenmoh Y, Hamid M, Arrami A, Alaoui MY, Satte A, Mounach J, Bichra MZ, Elfenni J and Bourazza A
Introduction: Neurmyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorders (NMOSD) is a rare central nervous demyelinating autoimmune disease. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) is a reversible subcortical vasogenic brain edema with acute neurological symptoms and specific radiologic findings. We report a rare case associating both NMOSD and PRES as revealing form.
Case Report: A 50 years old woman, with previous history of 3 neurologic episodes made of visual loss, lower limb weakness and paraethesia, regressing spontaneously in the past 3 years. 7 days before her admission, she presented rapidly progressive weakness of both lower limbs, followed by urinary retention, headache and fluctuant awareness. Clinical examination found symmetric flaccid paraparesis, with sensory level at D6. Spinal cord MRI showed thoracic longitudinally extensive trans.. View More»
