Carlisle Nicola, Hari Parameswaran, Brod Staley
Neurology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
BMJ Neurol Open. 2020 Oct 26;2(2):e000073. doi: 10.1136/bmjno-2020-000073. eCollection 2020.
Neuromyelitis optica is a devastating, relapsing, inflammatory, autoimmune disorder characterised in large part by attacks of optic neuritis and transverse myelitis causing blindness and plegia in many patients. Eighty-three per cent of patients with transverse myelitic attacks and 67% of patients with optic neuritis attacks have no or a partial recovery.
Results from The European Group for Blood and Marrow Transplantation Autoimmune Diseases Working Party imply failure of autologous haematopoietic stem cell bone marrow transplantation.
We present a case that despite eventual relapse, made a remarkable functional recovery after bone marrow transplantation which may justify bone marrow transplantation in severe cases.
视神经脊髓炎是一种严重的、复发性的、炎症性自身免疫性疾病,其主要特征是视神经炎和横贯性脊髓炎发作,导致许多患者失明和瘫痪。83%发生横贯性脊髓炎发作的患者和67%发生视神经炎发作的患者未恢复或仅部分恢复。
欧洲血液和骨髓移植学会自身免疫性疾病工作组的结果表明自体造血干细胞骨髓移植失败。
我们报告一例病例,该病例尽管最终复发,但在骨髓移植后功能恢复显著,这可能说明在严重病例中行骨髓移植是合理的。