Neuromyelitis optica masquerading as lumbosacral radiculopathy: A case report

Seungyeon Kim; Bumsun Kwon; Jinwoo Park; Hojun Lee; Hyojun Kim; Dayun Park; Kiyeun Nam

doi:10.5535/arm.2016.40.5.943

Neuromyelitis optica masquerading as lumbosacral radiculopathy: A case report

Seungyeon Kim, Bumsun Kwon, Jinwoo Park, Hojun Lee, Hyojun Kim, Dayun Park, Kiyeun Nam

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Dongguk University

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Abstract

Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders (NMOSD) is a demyelinating syndrome of the central nervous system. This case report describes a 31-year-old woman whose electromyography revealed radiculopathy in the left L5-S1 spinal segment without anatomical abnormalities on lumbosacral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). She was diagnosed with NMOSD based on gadolinium contrast whole spine and brain MRI and anti-aquaporin-4 antibody findings. Her peripheral nervous system might have been damaged during the early course of NMOSD. Therefore, it is necessary to consider NMOSD for patients who have radiculopathy in electromyography if lumbosacral MRI shows no abnormalities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	943-948
Number of pages	6
Journal	Annals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5535/arm.2016.40.5.943
State	Published - 2016

Keywords

Neuromyelitis optica
Peripheral nervous system diseases
Radiculopathy

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