Neuromyelitis optica unmasked by a spinal dural arteriovenous fistula
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- 作者：Brin Freund ; MD bfreund3@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Ellen M. Mowry ; MD ; MCR emowry1@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Michael Levy ; MD ; PhD mlevy@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Scott D. Newsome ; DO ; snewsom2@jhmi.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Neuromyelitis optica ; Devic's disease ; Spinal dural arteriovenous fistula ; Transverse myelitis
- 刊名：Journal of Neuroimmunology
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：15 November 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：300
- 期：Complete
- 页码：18-20
- 全文大小：298 K
文摘
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Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) and spinal dural arteriovenous fistula (SDAVF) cause longitudinally extensive myelopathy.
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We report the first published case of a patient presenting with myelopathy due to NMO associated with a pre-existing SDAVF.
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NMO spectrum disorder may be facilitated by preceding blood-brain barrier breakdown in an immunologically predisposed patient.