Gibril Mukhtar, Walters Richard
General Medicine, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK
Neurology Department, Morriston Hospital, Swansea, UK.
BMJ Case Rep. 2021 May 4;14(5):e239389. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239389.
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is an uncommon antibody-mediated disease of the central nervous system, often associated with aquaporin-4 antibodies (AQP4-Ab). NMOSD may present as a subacute myelopathy, progressing over days with MRI revealing a contiguous inflammatory lesion of the spinal cord, ≥3 vertebral segments, a longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis. We describe an unusual paraneoplastic form of AQP4-Ab NMOSD that developed in a patient with an advanced diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The patient had an unusual hyperacute onset, reaching a clinical nadir within hours.
视神经脊髓炎谱系障碍(NMOSD)是一种罕见的中枢神经系统抗体介导疾病,常与水通道蛋白4抗体(AQP4-Ab)相关。NMOSD可能表现为亚急性脊髓病,在数天内进展,MRI显示脊髓连续的炎性病变,累及≥3个椎体节段,即纵向广泛横贯性脊髓炎。我们描述了1例发生于晚期弥漫性大B细胞淋巴瘤患者的不寻常的副肿瘤性AQP4-Ab NMOSD形式。该患者起病异常急骤,在数小时内病情就发展至最低点。